Tax Appeals Tribunal Decisions

Tax Appeals Tribunal Decision Post Clearance Valuation Related Parties>Customs Tax Consultant Kenya

The Respondent carried out a Post Clearance Audit (“PCA”) of the Appellant’s import operations for the period August 2014 to July 2019. Arising from this exercise, the Respondent issued, in a letter dated 18th December 2019, a demand for additional import duties amounting to Kshs 111,002,534.00 inclusive of penalties and interest. This amount was made […]

Tax Appeals Tribunal Decision Customs Post Clearance Valuation>Tax Consultant Kenya

The Respondent then undertook a post clearance audit of the Appellant’s operations covering the period January 2015 to December 2019. The audit established that twenty-six (26) import transactions by the Appellant contravened Customs laws and requirements. JUDGMENT BACKGROUND The Appellant is a limited company duly incorporated and licensed in Kenya carrying out the business of […]

Tax Appeals Tribunal Decision Customs Valuation>Customs Tax Consultant Kenya

By a letter dated 11thSeptember 2009 referenced HQ/PCA/F/060/2007, the Respondent demanded additional revenue amounting to Kshs. 702,334,527.00 in respect of crude palm oil, palm stearin, crude palm olein, Crude degummed soya bean oil and crude palm kernel oil imported by the Appellant. Subsequently, the Respondent issued agency notices dated 23rd September, 2009 to the Appellant’s […]

Tax Appeals Tribunal Decision Customs Valuation Tyres>Tax Consultant Kenya

The Respondent, in 2006, acknowledged that there were issues with the valuation of tyres imported from China, importers valued the tyres at different prices regardless of the fact that the goods were either identical or similar and originated from the same Country. Additionally, the Respondent concluded that values of the tyres declared by the various […]

Tax Appeals Tribunal Decision Customs Value>Customs Tax Consultant Kenya

On 14th May,2020, the Appellant was informed by the Respondent through the online clearing platform that the values declared were too low and therefore the goods have to be given an uplift of the values based on reference values of similar importations, resulting to a demand of Kshs. 1,589,184/= in extra taxes. JUDGEMENT BACKGROUND 1.The […]