KRA defends proposal to expand VAT coverage as beneficial to small businesses

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has defended its proposal to expand value-added tax (VAT) coverage, insisting that the reform will not harm small businesses but instead ease the burden on a few compliant firms while boosting domestic revenue. The plan, which seeks to raise VAT’s contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) by two percentage points,…

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Construction sector tops in cleaning dirty money, report reveals

More than half of the 10,733 private companies involved in money laundering in Kenya are in the construction sector. This is strengthened by the unexplained capital-intensive real estate sector. The National Risk Assessment On Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing of Legal Persons and Legal Arrangements – Kenya report published by the Business Registration Service (BRS)…

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