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World Bank faults tax on digital trade

The World Bank has poured cold water on Government’s efforts to collect taxes from small businesses selling and buying products online.

In a Press briefing yesterday, on the Kenya Economic Update that will be released today, a senior World Bank official said it was not only difficult to evaluate the value of economic activities online, but that it might also discourage the nascent digital economy.

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