Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced that the newly introduced Digital Service Tax (DST) came into effect on January 1. “The Finance Act 2020 introduced a new tax known as Digital Service Tax (DST) effective 1st January 2021. It added that the tax shall be due at the time of transfer of payment for the service to the service provider. This definition is quite broad and seems to capture service providers that were previously unsure whether Digital Services Tax would apply to their services such as taxi-hailing apps. The gazettement of the regulations breathes life into digital tax in Kenya, placing it among the countries that are ramping up efforts to collect tax in the e-commerce space.

Source: Daily Nation January 05, 2021 05:37 UTC