Big names missing from KRA’s taxpayers’ fete

This year’s top honours for best taxpayers in corporate Kenya saw a list made up of completely new entrants as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) sought to change the criteria it used to fete top taxpayers.

President Uhuru Kenyatta(left) awards KTN Business reporter Adelaide Changole as the Tax Journalist of the year during taxpayers awards held at KICC [PHOTO:BEVERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD]

Popular names like Safaricom, East African Breweries Limited, EABL and the Teachers’ Service Commission  (TSC) were all missing from the list as the KRA moved into the system of awarding companies based on taxes paid in relation to revenue generated rather than on cumulative taxes paid as was the norm the past years.