Through a public notice, Domestic Taxes Commissioner Elizabeth Meyo directed business owners trading on digital platforms to charge Value Added Tax (VAT) on their transactions and remit the taxes to the KRA. In recent months, there has been an increase in online trading involving the importation and local distribution of products such as electronics and kitchenware. Businesses including supermarkets have joined online trading platforms and have been promoting delivery services. BOOSTThe business got a boost in March after the Central Bank of Kenya announced a raft of measures to facilitate increased use of mobile money transactions instead of cash. This came after President Uhuru Kenyatta appealed to Kenyans to use mobile money and card payments instead of hard currency as part of efforts to contain Covid-19.

Source: Daily Nation April 30, 2020 11:37 UTC