Prof Tom Ojienda who is the LSK representative to the Judicial Service Commission. Branded as non-tax compliant by the taxman, the lawyer, a member of the Judicial Service Commission, was said to be under investigation by KRA from March 1, 2016. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Mr Ojienda’s reprieve comes after two-year legal tussle in which the lawyer had sought orders prohibiting the taxman from demanding the monies as total tax due from 2009 to 2016.
KRA had written to Mr Ojienda on June 7, 2016, directing the lawyer to remit Sh444 million as total tax due between 2009 and 2016.
Mr Ojienda argued that the requests were unreasonable, procedurally unfair and illegal since KRA had already purportedly made an assessment of the alleged tax due and payable
Senior Counsel Tom Ojienda can now breathe easy after the High Court restrained the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) from demanding Sh822 million tax arrears.
Mr Ojienda’s reprieve comes in the wake of a relentless two-year legal tussle in which the lawyer had sought orders prohibiting the taxman from demanding the monies as total tax due from 2009 to 2016.
