[kictanet] KRA's radical plan to catch tax cheats

[Ali Hussein]

​This is a great initiative to expand the tax bracket. Im just curious how
this will be achieved considering the slippery slope that will be
encountered on Privacy issues.​

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On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @Grace B, do we have a law that would facilitate this? Or is KRA being
> over enthusiastic? How much would they really net in guys transacting a few
> thousands?
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 14:09:05 +0300
> Subject: [kictanet] KRA's radical plan to catch tax cheats
> From: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> CC: nmutungu at gmail.com
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
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>
> Listers,
>
> KRA is targeting mobile money as part of the agency’s financial data
> gathering scheme that is meant to monitor businesses and individuals who
> are not paying their fair share of taxes.
>
> People familiar with the plan said the taxman is at an advanced stage of
> rolling out a number crunching mechanism that will use electronic data to
> suggest incomes of those using mobile money to pay bills and make purchases.
>
> Full article here:
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/KRA-radical-plan-to-catch-tax-cheats/-/996/3196496/-/brq96h/-/index.html
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