The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) sleuths are now spending their time on social media monitoring Kenyans displaying their opulence, the taxman has revealed.
According to KRA Commissioner-General Githii Mburu, the time has come for everyone to pay their fair share of taxes, including socialites and other individuals who display their opulence on social media.
If found to have been lying to the taxman about their wealth, the individuals risk travel bans, collection of duty directly from their suppliers and bankers and even prosecution.
The main social media sites on target list include Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, where most celebrities and high-net individuals post their luxurious cars, expensive parties and lavish lives.
“In the social media, we have some people posting some nice things. You would see some posting nice houses, cars, taking their families to nice places and so on. Here, we are not sleeping, when we see those, we see taxes,” Mr Mburu said in an interview with the Business Daily.
“We have our officers looking, they have gadgets. They key in very quickly (the number plate) to check. We are working exceptionally hard,” he said.
KRA will also be scrutinising information from bank statements, import records, motor vehicle registration details, Kenya Power records, water bills and the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCCA) to reveal tax cheats.
KRA will also investigate individuals building luxurious homes without revealing the sources of their wealth.
“We know you can build a house from loans. But that loan must be repaid from somewhere. We are following all those applying for meters,” says Mburu.
In the last three months, revenue performance has surpassed the target by Kshs. 16.7 billion translating to annual revenue growth of 26.8 percent.
240026 116299Excellent internet site you got here! Please maintain updating, I will def read more. Itll be in my bookmarks so better update! 205451
18363 938665It is hard to discover knowledgeable men and women on this topic, but you sound like you know what youre talking about! Thanks 783619
74827 285715have to do initial? Most entrepreneurs are so overwhelmed with their online business plans that 610375
935623 276685I conceive this internet site has got some real great details for everyone : D. 648440
192198 302089Hi my loved one! I want to say that this post is wonderful, fantastic written and include almost all vital infos. I would like to peer a lot more posts like this . 626495
368899 805651Oh my goodness! a fantastic post dude. Thanks Even so My business is experiencing problem with ur rss . Do not know why Struggling to join it. Is there anybody obtaining identical rss issue? Anyone who knows kindly respond. Thnkx 362949
893160 709186Aw, this was a really nice post. In idea I would like to put in writing like this in addition – taking time and actual effort to make a quite very good article but what can I say I procrastinate alot and by no indicates seem to get something done. 487803
92 184134But wanna comment on couple of common points, The internet site style is perfect, the content material material is actually excellent : D. 115081
309097 312688hi was just seeing should you minded a comment. i like your web site and the thme you picked is awesome. I will probably be back. 759706
83388 378231Hi there! Nice post! Please do inform us when we could see a follow up! 95122
799648 764323You could certainly see your skills within the work you write. 738209
34712 949345 You created some decent points there. I looked on the internet for the concern and located most individuals will go along with together with your website. 387429
401143 296002 Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before. So nice to locate somebody with some original thoughts on this subject. realy thank you for starting this up. this web site is something that is necessary on the web, someone with slightly originality. useful job for bringing something new to the internet! 690670
410129 884468Id constantly want to be update on new content on this site, bookmarked! 210046
70285 429104A domain name is an identification label which defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control within the Internet. Domain names are also critica for domain hostingwebsite hosting 488213
Wow, superb blog format! How lengthy have you been blogging for?
you make blogging glance easy. The entire glance of your website is magnificent, let alone the content!
You can see similar here ecommerce
807677 494992Aw, it was a extremely good post. In notion I would like to devote writing such as this furthermore,?C spending time and specific function to produce a fantastic article?- nonetheless so what can I say?- I waste time alot and never at all appear to obtain one thing completed. 900619
500552 528221I was looking for this. Genuinely refreshing take on the details. Thanks a great deal. 582347
960544 41856This web site is my inspiration , really excellent layout and perfect subject matter. 438717
92808 12561Spot on with this write-up, I truly believe this web site needs considerably a lot more consideration. Ill probably be again to read considerably far more, thanks for that info. 87539