Over 60,000 personal identifications numbers (PINs) have been listed by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for deregistration after the owners failed to file their tax returns.
Everyone eligible to remit Value Added Taxes as well as income taxes have a 30-day ultimatum after which KRA begins the process of deregistering the PIN holders and erasing their data from the national servers.
A notice from the authority read,
“Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) would like to notify the public that taxpayers who are registered under the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, 2013, and the Income Tax Act, CAP 470 Laws of Kenya are required to file their returns under the respective laws."
“Failure to file tax returns, unless the cause is shown to the contrary, the commissioner of the Domestic Taxes shall have their Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) deregistered and cancelled from the KRA system at the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of this notice,” the notice added.
One should visit the KRA website to verify if their name is on the list.
Furthermore, the authority asked taxpayers to take advantage of the voluntary Tax Disclosure program and apply, disclose and pay their outstanding liability with relief on interest and penalties.
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