KRA Director General john Njiraini at a past function. [Photo by the-star.co.ke]The Kenya revenue Authority (KRA) has developed a plan to train counties on effective tax collection.
Speaking on Friday at the Third annual Tax Summit held in Nairobi, Commissioner for Domestic Tax Benson Korongo is said that the partnership will allow the taxman to exercise its expertise in tax matters in counties.
“This (partnership) will facilitate counter checking taxpayer profiles against information held in other databases,” Korongo said during the event as quoted by the Business Daily.
In addition, the Treasury had suggested that counties with many formal sectors such as Nairobi, Mombasa and Nakuru liaise with KRA in order to improve revenue collection.
“It would be easier for the KRA to collect revenue from more urbanized counties with large formal sectors. This would allow KRA to apply its professional skills, personnel and technical resources,” the draft report reads.
The collaboration between the state agency and the county governments will majorly focus on property rates, land rate, single business permits and entertainment fee