Taxman set to unveil new rules on VAT refunds

Taxpayers queue outside Kenya Revenue Authority’s offices in Nairobi to file tax returns. KRA is set to issue new guidelines on VAT refunds. Photo/File

The Kenya Revenue Authority will this month issue guidelines on streamlining VAT refunds even as the backlog has jumped from Sh6 billion three years ago to Sh18 billion.

“We will be releasing, within two weeks, guidelines for claiming refunds,” said KRA spokesman Kennedy Onyonyi without giving details.

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