KRA offices at Times Tower. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]The adoption of online filing of returns using Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) iTax system has boosted the country’s tax administration ranking globally.
A new report by the World Bank and PwC has hailed the platform, stating that it had substantially simplified tax administration.
The report, titled Paying Taxes 2018, ranked Kenya at position 92 globally in terms of ease of paying taxes last year, a 26 per cent jump from position 125 in 2015.
“In 2016, there was a widespread adoption of online filing of taxes and this is one of the reasons there has been an improvement in the general tax administration in Kenya,” said Titus Mukora, director PwC.
“The improvement was largely driven by electronic filing and payment systems and the widespread adoption by taxpayers,” he added.