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

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

Thinking exactly the same thing.. Ali.

It is extremely surprising to me that the privacy issue has not been
mentioned at all in all this. Even in the article. As Kenyans we tend to
not understand how crucial privacy is. Especially in the context of what is
going to go on here.

This is the exact same issue that has put governments in the west at a
great pain to explain their *secretive* involvement in yet here we are
comfortably going *public* about it.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> ​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 <
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>> @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?
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>> ------------------------------
>> 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
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>> Listers,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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