Parliament has directed the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to table records on the taxes paid by 12 local firms that manufacture and import alcohol and are at the centre of tax evasion claims.
The MPs have asked the taxman to table the records on total tax paid by the firms for 14 months from January last year to March.
“I hereby seek your directive to cause the departmental committee on Finance and National Planning to undertake an inquiry in the matter and table to the house on the following,” said Ruaraka MP TJ Kajwang’
“The total tax paid by the said firms between Jan 2019 and March 2020 and whether the firms are tax complaint and if not, why… Whether the said firms and or their directors have been involved in tax evasion in the past and if so what actions have been taken against them,” Mr Kajwang’ added.
The taxman will also be required to avail details on the number of bottles imported by the firms, the number of bottle tops supplied to or imported by the firms and the amount of taxes paid.
The 12 firms at the centre of the tax evasion claims got the bottle caps from international maker of spirits and liquors seals, Torrent East Africa Limited.
