KRA Reveals Category of Kenyans Whose Mobile Transactions Will be Tracked

The clarification follows widespread privacy concerns by Kenyans over reports of KRA's plans to monitor every person's mobile money transactions for tax compliance...

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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced it will only track commercial mobile money transactions, assuring the public that personal transfers will not be monitored.

The KRA will focus on transactions made through Paybill and Till numbers, not peer-to-peer transfers.
Commissioner for Micro and Small Taxpayers, George Obell, clarified that individual transactions are outside the scope of taxation.
This clarification aims to address privacy concerns amid reports of the KRA linking real-time tax systems to mobile money transactions.
The KRA is also developing a Virtual Electronic Tax Register (Virtual ETR) to facilitate electronic tax invoices for businesses.