Withholding VAT ropes in caterers and cleaners

Food prepared by a catering company. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The National Treasury has extended its tax net to an array of services in a bid to fairly distribute the weight of the Sh3 trillion budget on more shoulders.

Party-time services like security provision, cleaning and fumigation, catering outside hotel premises and transportation of goods (other than by air) will from July 1 be subjected to withholding taxes.

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