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Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Chairperson Ndiritu Muriithi addresses traders during a citizen assembly forum in Nakuru on September 17, 2025. [File, Standard]
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will from January 2026 launch a radical digital crackdown on small traders, using real-time data from electronic invoices and customs records to identify tax evaders in one of the agency's most comprehensive enforcement pushes to date.
In a public notice issued on Friday, the tax authority said it would begin "validating income and expenses declared in both individual and non-individual income tax returns" against three digital data streams: TIMS or eTIMS invoices, withholding income tax records, and import declarations from customs systems.
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