Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced that 6.3 million Kenyans met the deadline for filing their tax returns.
In a statement released on Saturday, the authority confirmed that by midnight of June 30, 2023, most Kenyans had filed their returns.
“KRA commends taxpayers for turning up in large numbers to meet their tax obligations. This is a true show of patriotism that should be embraced more in the next financial year,” reads the statement.
“This represents a 14.5 per cent growth compared to returns filed in the previous year of income, 2021 which stood at 5.5 million.”
It noted that some of the key drivers that contributed to the success were the early release of P9 forms by employers and KRA's service support framework.
Also, taxpayers consistently took the initiative to comply with their return filing obligations.
It added that the collaboration between the authority and various stakeholders such as government agencies, community leaders, business member organizations, and religious and academic institutions to implement off-site filing support contributed to the success.
Further, the authority reminded Kenyans who have not yet filed their returns that they will be penalized.
“KRA reminds the public that failure to file income tax returns by the due date which is 30th June attracts a penalty of Ksh. 2,000 or 5% of the tax due whichever is higher for Individuals, and Kshs 20,000 or 5% of the tax due whichever is higher for Non-individuals,” reads the statement.
It added that it will continue to operate under normal working hours to facilitate taxpayers who may want to file their returns.
