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Housing tax pain deepens as KRA goes for allowances in gross pay

Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga

Principal Secretary State Department for Housing and Urban Development Mr Charles Hinga during a past event.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Julians Amboko  &  Edna Mwenda

The taxman has directed employers to use gross pay when calculating what to deduct from staff salaries as housing levy, revealing the hidden pain for workers in the controversial tax starting this month.

Read: No housing levy refunds in revised President Ruto tax plan

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