KRA inazingatia tathmini mbili kutokana na wafuasi wachache wa kodi

Mamlaka ya Mapato Kenya (KRA) imefichua kuwa wachache tu wawili kati ya tano kati ya wanamiliki milioni 20.2 wa usajili wa kodi ni waboreshaji. Hii imesababisha pengo la kukusanya kodi la Ksh982 bilioni. Maafisa wameelezea changamoto katika sekta isiyo rasmi na kuripoti chini.

Katika mkutano na Kenya Editors Guild (KEG) tarehe 9 Aprili, KRA iliripoti kuwa ushiriki mdogo umesababisha kushindwa kwa malengo ya kukusanya mapato.

Mapato yalipanda hadi Ksh2.038 trilioni kwa robo ya tatu ya mwaka wa fedha 2025/26 kutoka Ksh1.829 trilioni katika kipindi hicho mwaka 2024/25. Hata hivyo, pengo la Ksh982 bilioni limeathiri mipango ya kifedha ya serikali, na makadirio ya upungufu wa bajeti kubadilishwa kutoka asilimia 4.7 hadi 6.1 ya Pato la Taifa.

George Obell, kamishna wa KRA kwa wanamiliki wadogo na wadogo, alisema kuwa idadi kubwa ya wanamiliki wa usajili hawafikilishi kuripoti au kuripoti chini ya mapato yao. Sekta isiyo rasmi inabaki kuwa changamoto kuu, na mapato mengi gumu kufuatilia ndani ya mfumo wa sasa wa kodi.

Pengo linaonekana katika jamii kadhaa za kodi, na kodi ya mapato ya kibinafsi ikichukua sehemu kubwa zaidi ya upungufu. KRA inakadiria kuwa asilimia 2.5 tu ya uwezekano wa Ksh500 bilioni kutoka kodi ya mapato ya kibinafsi inakusanywa sasa. Kukusanya Kodi ya Thamani Iliyoongezwa (VAT) pia chini ya matarajio, na karibu asilimia 60 ya uwezekano wa mapato ya Ksh1.03 bilioni.

Kodi ya mapato ya kodi ya nyumba inabaki chini ya kukusanywa, ikileta chini ya theluthi moja la makadirio ya Ksh80 bilioni. Kodi ya kampuni ina pengo la Ksh100 bilioni kwa mwaka, kutokana na biashara zinazoinflisha gharama bandia ili kupunguza faida inayoweza kutozwa. Ili kupunguza upungufu wa mapato, KRA inazingatia mageuzi, ikiwa ni pamoja na mfumo wa tathmini ambao utamruhusu kamishna kutoa makadirio ya kodi pamoja na tathmini za kujitegemea ili kuboresha uidhibiti.

“我们 are looking at a dual assessment regime in the future so that, in addition to self-assessment, we can help our taxpayers also by the commissioner making assessments so that it’s easy for taxpayers to comply,” Obell alisema.

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