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radio wrote:
@Tebes, thank you.
That list is damn complex! As I try to find my way there, any comments on the following.
I recently bought a gadget worth 40k including shipping with DHL but was slapped with 18k by customs?
How do they come up with these figures?
The gadget is meant for programming tests purposes and no commercial use as of now!
Please give a further description of what the item is. Is it a software, does it contain storage device, where is it used(Industry), does it have a transmitting device? I might be able to give u breakdown of charges/taxes due.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/26/2008 Posts: 2,097
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jasonhill wrote:Hello fellow Wazuans,
Where can I find a simple list or spreadsheet outlining the percentages that need to be paid for import duties across various types of imports?
I'm specifically wondering about farm equipment and power tools, and the list of zero-rated items.
Thanks!
Best,
Hill
84.32 Agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil
preparation or cultivation; lawn or sports-ground rollers.
8432.10.00 - Ploughs : u 0%
- Harrows, scarifiers, cultivators, weeders and hoes :
8432.21.00 -- Disc harrows u 0%
8432.29.00 -- Other u 0%
8432.30.00 - Seeders, planters and transplanters u 0%
8432.40.00 - Manure spreaders and fertiliser distributors u 0%
8432.80.00 - Other machinery u 0%
Import Duty rate on Agricultural equipments and machinery is 0% "Never regret, if its good, its wonderful. If its bad, its experience."
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/26/2008 Posts: 2,097
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u abuve is 'unit', the measure of quantity (ie rate per kg/metre/unit/litre, etc. "Never regret, if its good, its wonderful. If its bad, its experience."
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Tebes wrote:radio wrote:
@Tebes, thank you.
That list is damn complex! As I try to find my way there, any comments on the following.
I recently bought a gadget worth 40k including shipping with DHL but was slapped with 18k by customs?
How do they come up with these figures?
The gadget is meant for programming tests purposes and no commercial use as of now!
Please give a further description of what the item is. Is it a software, does it contain storage device, where is it used(Industry), does it have a transmitting device? I might be able to give u breakdown of charges/taxes due.
Customs usually have a list known as a CRSP (Current Retail Selling Price) so they can check on the list to verify the price u have given as selling price.in comparing both, they will take the higher value and compute tax on that higher value.these taxes are 25% import duty, 20% excise(where applicable) then 16% VAT (where applicable). on KRA website, the calculation of tax is done with illustrations too.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 12/23/2010 Posts: 1,229
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mmunguti
thought using the CRSP as the basis for computing taxes is only done for used for motor vehicle imports.
The basis for computing taxes for other goods is the transaction value.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 3/25/2011 Posts: 946
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radio wrote:
@Tebes, thank you.
That list is damn complex! As I try to find my way there, any comments on the following.
I recently bought a gadget worth 40k including shipping with DHL but was slapped with 18k by customs?
How do they come up with these figures?
The gadget is meant for programming tests purposes and no commercial use as of now!
WOW. can it be that huge . half the price of the gadget ???? Lord have mercy...lol .
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/30/2009 Posts: 164
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Thank you for this info good people
Hi maneno ni compplex, anyone please tell me say if I bring in kids Toys, I know the CIF value. And I read www.kra.go.ke/customs/pd...20Externaltariff2007.pdf and see toys not exempted and attracts 25% of CIF and IDF. (chapter 96)
Any other applicable tax that I need to pay such as VAT/Excise etc?
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Seq Lu wrote:Thank you for this info good people
Hi maneno ni compplex, anyone please tell me say if I bring in kids Toys, I know the CIF value. And I read www.kra.go.ke/customs/pd...20Externaltariff2007.pdf and see toys not exempted and attracts 25% of CIF and IDF. (chapter 96)
Any other applicable tax that I need to pay such as VAT/Excise etc?
Thanks
I recently imported some stuff ( kid's toy, kid story book, headphones) whose total cost including shipping was about Sh. 21,000 (Shipping using Fedex at sh 9000 and items worth about sh 13,000) and I was slapped with taxes totalling Sh 11,300! 
I asked a Fedex guy who told me it's better to use agents in case you are importing. Fedex, being a big company, does not have time to negotiate the taxes on your behalf! So apparently duty is negotiated when importing into Kenya. Conventional thinkers waste time building shelters when they are unnecessary and then have no shelters when they need them the most. Socionomists do the opposite.
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