Publishers renew call to scrap VAT on textbooks

Treasury CS Henry Rotich PHOTO: COURTESY

Publishers have renewed their appeal to the Government to scrap the 16 per cent value-added tax (VAT) charged on books.

At a media briefing yesterday in Nairobi, the publishers asked Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich to push for the amendment of the VAT Act 2013 when the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee of Parliament opens discussions on the Finance Bill 2016 that is before the House.