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Tax increase

December will be the last month Kenyans enjoy the Covid-19 tax reliefs. 

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Tougher times ahead as MPs pass bill increasing taxes

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By  David Mwere

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Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Prices will go up from January 1 if President Kenyatta signs the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020 into law.
  • Reducing VAT in April without follow-up measures meant the benefits would not to trickle down to ordinary people, Mr Ichung’wah added.

The National Assembly yesterday set up Kenyans for higher prices of basics from January by approving a Bill that ends Covid-19 tax relief. 

Prices will go up from January 1 if President Kenyatta signs the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020 into law.

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