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Taxman loses Sh13b to rising VAT fraud

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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has raised the alarm over a sharp rise in Value-Added Tax (VAT) fraud involving nil and non-filers, revealing that it lost an estimated Sh13 billion in revenue between April 2024 and July 2025.

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