APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
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Table 5 summarizes the Kenyan tax structure. In the fiscal year, 2013/2014, taxes on income
profit and capital gains were the major revenue earner in Kenyan economy contributing
over 49% of total tax revenue. PAYE contributed 27% of total taxes compared to corporate
income tax 22%. The second revenue earner was VAT, 25.5%. VAT on imports (13.7%)
generated more revenue than VAT on domestic goods (11.8%). Taxes on other goods
and services contributed about 14% of total tax revenue. Taxes on international trade
transactions, other than VAT on imports, accounted for a little over 10% of total tax revenue.
A salient feature of Kenyan tax structure is that domestic taxes (taxes on income, profit and
capital gains, VAT on domestic goods and services) contribute three-quarters of total tax
revenue. In contrast to most countries in the region, taxes on imports contribute less than
25% of total tax revenue. The reliance on consumption taxes decreases, a trend consistent
with the level development.
Table 5: Kenya Composition of tax revenue, 2007/2008-2013/2014 (KSh millions)
2007/08
2008/9
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
%Tax rev.
Gains
165,078.00
194,154.50
219,496.84
272,263.87
328,908.78
383,086.04
449,590.07
49.31
PAYE
85,953.00
110,164.81
121,524.51
144,267.92
174,774.70
199,847.16
249,872.80
27.40
79,125.00
83,989.69
97,972.33
127,995.95
154,134.08
173,238.88
199,717.27
21.90
331.90
327.52
269.37
352.10
490.80
653.73
0.00
0.00
111,904.51
126,854.07
141,970.70
171,880.75
176,386.07
184,916.31
232,630.32
25.51
58,277.00
66,216.49
78,859.16
90,211.14
81,495.51
90,713.83
107,737.35
11.82
53,627.51
60,637.58
63,111.53
81,669.61
94,890.56
94,202.48
124,892.97
13.70
good and services
80,736.09
93,051.89
99,335.01
108,701.54
105,771.60
114,821.86
125,363.91
13.75
Excise taxes
61,905.51
69,872.12
74,112.08
80,566.54
78,884.26
85,660.29
102,029.10
11.19
transactions
45,857.70
49,094.03
57,205.80
66,670.45
76,473.85
81,812.59
94,232.51
10.33
Customs duty
32,944.35
36,180.60
41,271.12
46,271.12
51,711.78
57,649.68
67,554.64
7.41
trade transactions
12,913.42
12,913.12
15,934.69
20,598.64
24,162.91
24,162.91
26,677.87
2.93
Total Tax Revenue
408,444.66
468,151.70
523,633.34
626,668.74
695,887.71
763,828.34
911,803.70
100.00
Taxes on Income,
Profit and Capital
Corporation
Income Tax
Taxes on property
Value Added Tax
(VAT)
VAT on domestic
goods and
services
VAT on imported
goods and
services
Taxes on other
Taxes on
International
Trade
Other taxes on
international
Source: Kenya Economic Surveys (2014, 2015 and 2016)
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