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Betting Sector Records 30% Revenue Growth As KRA Interlinks Firms To Tax System

BY Soko Directory Team · July 18, 2023 02:07 pm

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The Withholding Tax from winnings also netted KShs 8.601 Billion. The collection reflects a growth of 21.1% compared to the same period in the financial year 2021/2022. The betting tax similarly recorded a growth of 14.7% after KRA collected KShs 3.874 Billion.

Revenue collection in the betting and gaming sector has registered a significant growth after Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected over KShs 15.100 Billion from Excise on Betting and Withholding Tax on Winnings from the betting sector.

The revenue collection reflects a growth of 23.9% from the tax heads, compared to the same period in the financial year 2021/2022.

Excise Duty on Betting registered an exceptional performance of 116.2% after KRA collected KShs 6.640 Billion from the sector. The collection was against a target of KShs 5.715 Billion, which reflects a surplus collection of KShs 925 Million from the tax head. The increase in Excise duty on betting reflects a growth of 30.0% compared to the same period in FY 2021/2022.

The performance is attributed to the integration of betting companies into the KRA tax system. So far, KRA has integrated 36 companies, which contributed to the revenue growth in the sector. KRA has commenced the integration of the final 87 betting firms into the system. This is expected to significantly enhance revenue collection from the sector.

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The integration began in mid-October 2022, targeting the daily collection of the 7.5 percent Excise Duty on stakes and the 20 percent Withholding Tax on winnings from the companies. The initiative is in line with KRA’s commitment to streamline tax remittances from the sector, with the aim of scaling up revenue mobilization and collection. The program has enabled KRA to make significant improvements on tax administrative processes in the betting and gaming sector, with the daily visibility of the firms providing trends that inform compliance measures.

Additionally, the integration has made betting and gaming transaction data readily available, which facilitates the verification of daily remittances by taxpayers. The integration is part of tax-at-source initiatives being implemented by KRA. Tax-at-source is an emerging global trend moving away from the traditional self-assessment of taxes. This concept allows the collection of tax information and revenue directly at the source of income on a real-time basis.

Through this program, KRA is implementing reforms to move towards seamless taxation by ensuring that its systems, taxpayers, and businesses are integrated to allow data to move automatically through machine-to-machine based processes, including real-time where appropriate.

Other initiatives under the tax-at-source program include the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS), which has minimized VAT fraud and enhanced tax revenue. A total of 95,732 VAT-registered taxpayers were onboarded, which led to remittances of Kshs 272. 365 Billion. Revenue performance is projected to improve considerably upon enhanced uptake of eTIMS. The system is also anticipated to achieve simplified return filing through prepopulated VAT returns.

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