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Widen tax base for added revenue, accountants tell state

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Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) members led by Chairman CPA Philip Kakai and Member Erustus Kaka present their submission during the public hearing on Tax before the National Assembly Finance and National Planning Committee at Hilton Gardens Hotel in Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The National Treasury should expand the number of taxpayers and abandon its current strategy of targeting a small pool.

Failure to broaden the tax base has caused the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to consistently miss revenue targets. Meanwhile, the small group of taxpayers is overburdened and struggling to make ends meet.

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