State to consolidate tax collection with counties

The Government through the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is planning to incorporate county governments in consolidation of tax collection.

In a move that KRA is seeking expansion of the tax base to cover middle and lower class taxpayers, especially in the real estate sector, counties are expected to play a major role.“KRA has the technological machinery while counties have the ground base. This means with a mutual partnership we can benefit from the counties with both new and old taxpayers’ information which will in turn increase our tax payer data base,” said KRA Commissioner General John Njiraini at a recent media brief.