KRA to deactivate PINs not within iTax platform by August

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenyans who have not uploaded their profiles on Kenya Revenue Authority’s iTax platform have upto the end of August to do so or lose their Personal Identification Numbers (PINs).

The Kenya Revenue Authority said it will by end of the month deactivate taxpayers who have not complied.

“As of July 2017, we have noted that there are taxpayers who have not migrated their PINs into iTax while other taxpayers who are already on iTax are either not filing or those in active businesses are filing nil or no returns at all,” KRA said in a statement.

“In this regard, all PINs falling under these categories will be rendered inactive in the iTax platform,” said KRA.

According to sources, the move is aimed at improving revenue collection in the country

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) netted Sh1.365 trillion to June this year, against a target of Sh1.431 trillion, reflecting a marginal Sh66 billion shortfall.

This was a 13.8 per cent improvement from the Sh1.21 collected in the 2015/16 financial year. Commissioner-General John Njiraini said the weakest growth was recorded in manufacturing and electrical power generation, the latter being attributed to large investment deduction claims by electricity generating companies.

Pay-As-You-Earn, the tax on formal employees, also dipped by Sh2.5 billion after the Government cushioned tax payers by expanding tax bands.