https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/512.html East Africa Taxation news 15 Taxation & Regulation news - East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/512.html en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:10:37 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/article/kenya-parliament-passes-proposed-2025-finance-law-926424a Kenya's parliament on Thursday voted to approve this year's proposed finance law, denying the revenue authority's request to get unrestricted access to taxpayers' data on account of privacy concerns and constitutional safeguards. 1-258594 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/former-mauritius-central-bank-governor-charged-with-fraud-released-on-bail-369528a Harvesh Seegolam, the former central bank governor of Mauritius, was charged with fraud on Thursday and released on bail, his lawyer said, a day after he was arrested alongside the former finance minister over alleged theft from a state company. 1-256873 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/717/240575.html A Kenyan appeals court on Friday, 28 July, lifted a suspension placed on a disputed government finance law that will double the value-added tax (VAT) on fuel and introduce a new housing levy - legislation that sparked deadly opposition protests this month. 1-240575 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/710/230733.html President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $430bn bill that is seen as the biggest climate package in US history, designed to cut domestic greenhouse-gas emissions as well as lower prescription-drug prices and high inflation. 1-230733 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/710/229924.html The Kenyan Government, in its latest Finance Act 2022, has enacted some key changes in the area of direct tax, including an important update on the country-by-country (CbC) reporting threshold for multinational companies. 1-229924 Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/710/220739.html The pandemic-fuelled growth of the digital economy and unabated demand for online retail products across Africa have led to extensive disruption in the Consumer Goods and Retail Sector (CG&R) sector. Due to a growth in demand for online retail, CG&R companies in Africa have been rapidly adapting their digital operating models, and multinational e-commerce platforms operating in the region have attracted a record number of new customers. This digital transition, and resultant growth in the e-commerce sector, has tax implications for digital CG&R businesses operating in Africa. 1-220739 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/512/219346.html The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift among businesses to solutions based on digital technology. The growing switch to online and mobile platform transactions has ensured that businesses do not completely shut down. It has also seen a steady increase in business incomes accrued from internet and mobile-based platforms. 1-219346 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/717/216051.html The regulatory net is closing on Kenya's fintech industry. 1-216051 Thu, 20 May 2021 15:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/702/215701.html NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya aims to set up an emissions trading system that will allow companies and other bodies to buy emissions allowances, the finance minister Ukur Yatani said on Tuesday, 11 May, as the country strives to limit the release of greenhouse gases. 1-215701 Wed, 12 May 2021 09:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/547/205687.html The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was brokered by the African Union (AU) and adopted by 44 of its 55 member states on 21 March 2018. By February 2019, all AU countries, save for Eritrea, had become signatories to the AfCFTA, which came into force on 30 May 2019. 1-205687 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:09:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation East Africa