Top tax cut seen pleasing the MPs

EY team of Anthony Muthusi (left), Catherine Mbogo and Gitahi Gachahi at a post-budget analysis on June 18. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA

The Treasury’s decision to drop proposals to introduce a top tax band of 35 per cent on monthly incomes above Sh750,000 and that for raising capital gains tax is likely to help push through laws in Parliament.

Analysts at Ernst & Young (EY) see the move as a smart way of scrapping interest rate caps.

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