KRA have heard the people's cry of rising cost of living due to the unbearable 18.9% inflation. The fact that borrowing has become expensive makes matters even worse. KRA have decided to review their tax brackets (last time this was done was in 2005) with the results released in July 2012. Their intention is to increase Kenyan's disposable incomes and potentially reduce the pressure on employers. I would like your views on this; is this a welcome solution? Why did it take too long to review the tax brackets? Frankly I am glad, just need to persevere for the next few months .

Deliberations are ongoing but the big picture is they want to make sure not too many people are caught up in the 30% tax bracket which has a floor of 38K therefore they want to increase the maximum non-taxed income to above the current 13K. I'm seriously crossing my fingers

I highly doubt this will be a one way bet unless Muigai has lost it completely. The right hand will give and the left hand will take...

VAT has been known to be the best way of collecting tax as it covers all irrespective of their income.

U r right on the money...