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KRA Disputes & Objections
Drafting and filing of objections to KRA assessments, with supporting documentation and the written submissions the matter requires for a proper hearing.
Transactional Practice
Tax Law
KRA disputes, tax compliance advisory, and the structures that keep a business on the right side of Kenyan tax law.
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- Acting for
- Companies · Individuals · Investors
- Forums
- KRA · TAT · High Court
- Coverage
- Income Tax · VAT · Customs · CGT
Overview
How we approach tax law.
Kenya's tax regime is administered actively — KRA assessments, audits, and objections are a regular feature of business life, and the firm advises corporate and individual clients on how to navigate them. The practice covers the full tax lifecycle: compliance and structuring advice to avoid disputes, and robust representation where a dispute has already arisen.
We act in KRA objections and appeals before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and the High Court, and we advise on income tax, VAT, customs duties, capital-gains tax, and the withholding-tax questions that arise in transactions and in the running of a business. Where the matter is one of structure — how to hold an asset, how to remunerate employees, how to structure a sale — we bring the tax dimension in alongside the commercial advice.
Services
What we cover in tax law.
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Tax Appeals Tribunal
Representation before the Tax Appeals Tribunal on income-tax, VAT, customs, and other revenue disputes — from statement of facts to final determination.
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Tax Compliance Advisory
Ongoing advisory on the business's tax-compliance obligations — returns, withholding-tax obligations, VAT registration, and the regular filings that keep a company clean.
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Transaction Tax Advisory
Tax structuring for transactions — acquisitions, disposals, property dealings, and financing — with a focus on the capital-gains and stamp-duty implications that are most commonly missed.
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Employment Tax & Withholding
PAYE obligations, NSSF and NHIF compliance, withholding-tax on payments to non-residents, and the supporting documentation that a business needs to be compliant.
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Tax Litigation
Where a matter cannot be resolved at the Tribunal, full High Court representation in revenue cases, including judicial review of unlawful KRA action.
Approach
The way we run a tax law matter.
A four-step discipline applied to every brief, so the work is senior-led at the points where senior judgement matters, and moves predictably between them.
Assessment Review
The KRA notice or assessment is reviewed, the legal and factual basis of the dispute identified, and a candid written opinion on prospects prepared.
Objection & Response
A formal objection drafted and filed within the prescribed period, supported by documentary evidence and the legal arguments that address the Revenue's case.
Tribunal or Court
Where the objection fails, the matter appealed to the Tax Appeals Tribunal or the High Court, with full conduct of the hearing.
Resolution & Compliance
Settlement, determination, or judgment obtained; any outstanding liability agreed and paid; compliance position regularised going forward.
FAQs
Questions clients ask about tax law.
The ones we hear most often. For anything specific to your matter, a short call is usually the fastest way to an answer.
All firm FAQs →Contact us immediately. There are strict time limits for filing an objection — typically 30 days from the date of the assessment — and missing the deadline can forfeit the right to challenge. We review the assessment and advise on prospects before any formal step is taken.
Yes. We prepare and file statements of facts, appear at hearings, and represent clients through to the Tribunal's final determination. Where the outcome is adverse we advise on further appeal to the High Court.
Yes. Property disposals, acquisitions, and development transactions carry capital-gains tax and stamp-duty implications that are often not properly planned for. We bring the tax dimension in at the transaction-advisory stage before the deal is closed.
Yes. Where a business has accumulated a tax position it cannot meet, we advise on the options — voluntary disclosure, instalment arrangements, and the most defensible way to regularise the position without triggering further liability.
Related Practice Areas
Adjacent counsel from the firm.
Tax Law Counsel
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