The Kenya Revenue Authority yesterday said it will do an audit to establish whether e-taxi service company Uber has been paying all taxes. The committee expressed concern over revelations that Uber has only remitted Sh31 million in taxes, “despite collecting billions of shillings” in revenue. The firm remitted Sh7 million being Pay As You Earn for its 20 staff, Sh19 million being Value-Added Tax and Sh5 million as Income Tax. While Uber International is registered in the United States, it conducts its operations in Kenya through its local holding company, Uber Kenya. “There are people taking a lot of money out of this country and they have paid only Sh31 million.

Source: The Star March 21, 2017 21:22 UTC