Kenya’s complex tax system can now be better understood thanks to the publication of a taxation handbook for citizens by the Institute of Economic Affairs.
The Institute has released “A Citizen’s Handbook on Taxation in Kenya”, a 50 page publication that attempts to break down the country’s complex tax system into a user friendly form for use by the average citizen.
The Institute’s CEO Kwame Owino emphasised that the country’s taxation system is far too complicated and pushed for the government to simply the process.
“Our tax system is far too complicated for the level of incomes that we have. It’s far too complicated for people to actually adhere to all those taxes,” he said.
“Even Kenya’s private sectors, who have all manners of tax accountants and people to advise them, still think that our tax system is too complicated.
Maybe simplicity should be the overriding principal, but at the same time taxes need to be raised in order to pay for all the things that we do,” he explained.
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