All governmet services to be digitalised by June - Ruto

This, President Ruto said should enable an extra collection of Sh 200 to 300 billion.

In Summary
  • President Ruto said this is also aimed at broadening the tax base and at the same time ensuring any loopholes that come with collections of the taxes are sealed.
  • He added that with digitalisation, every government service where tax is payable is going to be collectable online.
President William Ruto.
President William Ruto.
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All government services will be digitalized in the next six months, President William Ruto has said.

This comes as the government starts a trajectory to build the country's own revenue.

President Ruto said this is also aimed at broadening the tax base and at the same time ensuring any loopholes that come with collections of the taxes are sealed.

He added that with digitalisation, every government service where tax is payable is going to be collectable online.

"There will be nothing like waiting to file our returns at the end of the month. We will be paying taxes as we spend our money or go about our business," he said adding that everybody will be paying taxes starting with him as president.

He said there will be no waiver for anybody and this will not happen under his watch.

He noted that his government intend to collect an extra trillion shillings in the next 24 months and double the current collection by 2027.

He noted that they are also installing a new tax system that will drive the collection of VAT to be between 90-97 per cent.

This, President Ruto said should enable an extra collection of Sh 200 to 300 billion.

"At the moment we have been collecting 60 per cent of VAT, collectable VATs almost 40 per cent we are not collecting because it goes here and there."

The President added that with the new tax system, they have given KRA a target by end of June this year, and the country should be able to collect an extra Sh 500 billion.

He added that they want to create a conducive environment by making sure more people come into the space where they can work with the government to pay taxes.

President William Ruto.
President William Ruto.
Image: SCREENGRAB
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