Tax

• It's time we learnt our macroeconomic policy

  
  3 hours ago
  The national and county governments must start training a new breed of top economists just as was done immediately after independence

• Kenya blowing hot and cold on IMF deal

  
  5 hours ago
  Kenya’s decision to let go of the International Monetary Fund’s $989 million (Sh100 billion) Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) puts the country in an awkward

• How small oil marketers have been hard hit by new fuel tax

  
  5 hours ago
  The imposition of Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products has meant that independent dealers pay an extra Sh14 for a litre of super petrol

• Graft blamed for widening fiscal deficit

  
  5 hours ago
  During last week’s State of the Nation address, President Uhuru Kenyatta told Kenyans that the new taxes and austerity measures were due to the high

• Uhuru, Raila unite in bid to unlock fuel tax stand-off

  
  17 hours ago
  The numbers opposed to the offer to cut the 16 percent tax by half have increased ahead of Thursday’s vote.

• MPs unite against Uhuru's spending plan

  
  17 hours ago
  MPs have vowed to resist plans to reduce the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF).

• Raila, Kalonzo views on Uhuru VAT proposal

  
  1 day ago
  There have been calls for lower governance costs and a firmer hand to deal with the culture of waste and plunder.

• Budget cuts loom for MPs, counties and ministries

  
  1 day ago
  State departments, county governments and MPs are bracing for budget cuts

• Consumers and employers welcome cut on VAT but expect little impact

  
  1 day ago
  There have been calls for lower governance costs and a firmer hand to deal with the culture of waste and plunder.

• MPs run out of options in bid to stop Uhuru taxes

  
  1 day ago
  Some back the 8 per cent levy on petroleum but others want it shelved for another two years.

• Will legislators rise above self-interests in Budget review?

  
  2 days ago
  MPs vow to protect their sh18b in Uhuru's memo on the controversial 16 percent VAT

• Hard queries as Taj Mall finally tumbles down

  
  2 days ago
  Mall owner remains defiant and now wants State officials who approved building surcharged and held criminally viable

• How taxes have stretched meagre household budgets

  
  2 days ago
  One city resident has seen her monthly budget go up by Sh6,250

• Uhuru proposes 8 per cent VAT rate, slashes Sh52b in government spending

  
  3 days ago
  All eyes now on Parliament as MPs summoned to special sitting to discuss the Finance Bill 2018.

• Showdown looms as MPs vow to veto Uhuru's decision on tax

  
  3 days ago
  All eyes have shifted to the National Assembly where the fate of the 16 percent levy imposed on petroleum products now lies.

• Uhuru: We must balance short-term suffering and long-term gain

  
  3 days ago
  Your taxes have been used for our development agenda. Today, millions of Kenyans travel on new roads.

• Why the king is naked

  
  3 days ago
  As Kenya’s CEO, he should not have been too aloof with the happenings in Parliament. He should not have allowed bureaucrats in the...

• Kenyans to continue grappling with high fuel prices

  
  3 days ago
  In an admission of the tough times ahead, President Uhuru Kenyatta proposed to cut by a half the 16 per cent VAT imposed on petroleum product

• Why Uhuru’s bitter pill will not cure the high cost of living

  
  3 days ago
  ?Kenya has been thrown into a Catch 22 situation with the government struggling to dig itself out of a financial hole

• Uhuru proposes reduction in fuel tax

  
  4 days ago
  President Uhuru proposes VAT on fuel to be reduced from 16 to 8 percent; expects price of petrol in Nairobi to drop from Sh127 to Sh118.