Westgate Shopping Mall owner sues KRA over Sh1 billion claim

Kenyan soldiers clearing the top floor of the Westgate mall in Nairobi on September 24, 2013. Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants were claiming they were still holding hostages where at least 65 people were killed. [File, Standard]

Westgate Shopping Mall owner, Sony Holdings, has moved to court to challenge Sh1.1 billion tax assessment by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

According to KRA, the firm owes it a corporation tax of Sh751 million and has not paid Value Added Tax totalling Sh390 million and withholding tax of Sh25 million.