KRA unveils new measures targeting mobile phone importers, assemblers and retailers to boost tax revenue.


Friday, October 25, 2024 - The Government of Kenya has unveiled new measures aimed at mobile phone importers, assemblers, and retailers to enhance tax revenue collection.

Through the Communications Authority of Kenya, the government announced that local mobile device assemblers must upload the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers of their assembled devices to a Kenya Revenue Authority portal to ensure these devices are tax-compliant.

The new regulations will affect all stakeholders involved in the assembly, importation, distribution, and connection of mobile devices to local networks.

Importers, similarly, will need to disclose the IMEI numbers in their import documents submitted to the KRA.

The regulator says this is necessary for registering devices in the National Master Database of Tax-Compliant Devices.

“To ensure integrity and tax compliance of the mobile devices in Kenya, the Authority hereby notifies all stakeholders, including mobile network operators, involved in the local assembly, importation, distribution as well as connection of mobile devices to local networks, that with effect from January 1, 2025, the following requirements will apply for all mobile phone devices in Kenya,” said CA in statement posted by government advisor Moses Kuria.

The Kenyan DAILY POST

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