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#1631 Posted : Friday, July 06, 2018 11:21:27 AM
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Angelica _ann wrote:
The 0.05% tax on transfers of over .5m is crazy. They need to put an upper limit.

One of the most retrogressive/dumb taxes in the history of taxation. Add the increased excise tax on mobile transactions/fintech and it boggles the mind as to what the bureaucrats wanted to achieve with this. FYI the robinhood tax applies to bank a/c transactions, unit trusts, interbank transfers, buying of land, shares, fx & bonds if done through any banking platform etc.

No upper limit needed, it needs to be scrapped. But I guess they will only realise their folly once damage is evident.

To add salt to injury KBA came up with a nonsensical proposal to stifle banking transactions of over 1m.
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#1632 Posted : Friday, July 06, 2018 12:19:03 PM
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That robinhood tax is an IMF tax, preparing us for debt default. Mark this post.
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maka
#1633 Posted : Friday, July 06, 2018 12:20:31 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
That robinhood tax is an IMF tax, preparing us for debt default. Mark this post.


If we default even on one single payment that will be the end of this country...
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whiteowl
#1634 Posted : Friday, July 06, 2018 12:33:50 PM
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maka wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:
That robinhood tax is an IMF tax, preparing us for debt default. Mark this post.


If we default even on one single payment that will be the end of this country...


Reminds me of Cyprus when they taxed bank deposits for "one time only"
kawi254
#1635 Posted : Friday, July 06, 2018 3:17:37 PM
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whiteowl wrote:
maka wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:
That robinhood tax is an IMF tax, preparing us for debt default. Mark this post.


If we default even on one single payment that will be the end of this country...


Reminds me of Cyprus when they taxed bank deposits for "one time only"


Also in 2015 IMF & ECB proposed a‘haircut’ of all bank deposits in Greece as part of a bailout.

Given the doomsday scenario who would Kenya chose to default? The chinese? IMF? Japan? OR a default is a default?
Ericsson
#1636 Posted : Saturday, July 07, 2018 8:50:24 PM
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kawi254 wrote:
whiteowl wrote:
maka wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:
That robinhood tax is an IMF tax, preparing us for debt default. Mark this post.


If we default even on one single payment that will be the end of this country...


Reminds me of Cyprus when they taxed bank deposits for "one time only"


Also in 2015 IMF & ECB proposed a‘haircut’ of all bank deposits in Greece as part of a bailout.

Given the doomsday scenario who would Kenya chose to default? The chinese? IMF? Japan? OR a default is a default?

Chinese first since they don't give budgetary support. Only finance projects
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Ericsson
#1637 Posted : Sunday, July 08, 2018 6:15:48 PM
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Re-colonialism back
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guka
#1638 Posted : Tuesday, July 24, 2018 1:40:55 AM
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Wondering what are some of the best strategies given Kenya's debt position short-term to medium term given possibility of SAP's and shrinking economy? Hold cash in external currency? Bitcoin? How are you preparing for the ballooning debt risk? Or am I just being paranoid. The number of events over the past 6 months do not inspire confidence.
KulaRaha
#1639 Posted : Tuesday, July 24, 2018 8:18:08 AM
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Convert KES holding in USD...because CBK may not be able to defend once default looms.
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Ericsson
#1640 Posted : Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:14:36 AM
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KulaRaha wrote:
Convert KES holding in USD...because CBK may not be able to defend once default looms.


There will be no default;Gok has began cost cutting measures,freeze in projects and raising taxes to repay the debt.
You heard last week no starting new projects before completion of the existing ones.
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