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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>@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? <br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 14:09:05 +0300<br>Subject: [kictanet] KRA's radical plan to catch tax cheats<br>From: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<br>CC: nmutungu@gmail.com<br>To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;"><p style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px;">Listers, </p><p style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px;">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.</p><p style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px;">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.</p><p style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px;">Full article here: <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/KRA-radical-plan-to-catch-tax-cheats/-/996/3196496/-/brq96h/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/KRA-radical-plan-to-catch-tax-cheats/-/996/3196496/-/brq96h/-/index.html</a></span></p></div>-- <br><div class="ecxgmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Grace L.N. Mutung'u <br>Nairobi Kenya<br>Skype: gracebomu<br>Twitter: @Bomu<br><br><<a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu" target="_blank">http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu</a>></div><div><br></div><div>PGP ID : 0x33A3450F<br><br></div></div></div>
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