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

Tue May 10 19:55:23 EAT 2016

Don't forget - KRA already collects tax on m-pesa transactions - if
Bob is listening here, perhaps he can tell us just how much this is!

There is also the question of how much time and effort is spent (at
what cost to the taxpayer!) chasing after all the small 'Lipa na
m-pesa' dukas.

There is a point where some taxes are not worth collecting - ie.
costing more to administer and collect than the amount collected -
case in point - road tax

Does KRA already have powers, without notice, to examine our bank
transaction records? Neither should they get into mobile money
transactions without a court order!

Cheers from a very wet Kwale County ;)

On 10/05/2016, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 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 <
>> 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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