Lawyers' war against electronic tax register rages on

Kenya: Law firms will continue enjoying exemption from the use of electronic tax register (ETR) machines until a case filed at the Court of Appeal by the Law Society of Kenyan (LSK) is heard and determined.

LSK filed a case at the High Court soon after the machines had been introduced in 2005, seeking an order to have the Minister of Finance, Kenya Revenue Authority and the Commissioner of Domestic Taxes prohibited from implementing the Value Added Tax (ETR) Regulations, 2004. The society argued that the regulations were discriminative and contrary to the Advocates Act and would interfere with client-advocate confidentiality.