Indirect Taxes

Getting ahead of the indirect tax challenge

Overview

Managing indirect taxes requires a strategic and comprehensive approach. Value Added Tax (“VAT”) and other indirect taxes are becoming a bigger focus for companies today due to cost of compliance, shared service center, centralisation of business processing (and reporting), cost reduction initiatives and increased tax authority audit and scrutiny. PwC has the team, the tools and the multi-disciplinary approach to deliver the solutions you need today, and face the indirect tax challenges of tomorrow.

Digital businesses and ecommerce are taxed increasingly all around the world based on the place of consumption.

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How we can help

Value Added Tax
Customs Duty
Excise duty

Value Added Tax

Our experienced specialist team can help you meet the compliance needs today and provide knowledge of current and emerging regulatory requirements.

Our services include:

VAT compliance reviews. These involve review of your VAT records and advising you on areas of non-compliance.
Providing support in application for VAT refund claims on behalf of taxpayers;
VAT advisory on capital projects and other transactions, input VAT deduction, VAT exemptions, VAT on imported services, VAT refunds among others.
Training of your personnel in order to reduce the business’ risk exposure.
Providing updates on changes in VAT legislation and the impact on your business.
Revenue Authority audit support and dispute resolution including representation at the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) or engagement with the KRA through the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) framework.
Legislative amendments in VAT law through engagement with the National Treasury, the National Assembly, the KRA and other relevant stakeholders.
Review contracts signed with varied counterparties and advising on tax implications/risks.

Customs Duty

We focus on helping companies mitigate import and export tax risks and improve supply chain efficiency. By taking a holistic view of the business, its markets and the overall industry trends, we provide practical advice that offers more than just a “quick fix”.

We provide the services below:

Advice on import duty incentives/ exemptions under the East African Customs Management Act (EACCMA) and the East Africa Community Common External Tariff (EAC CET).
Advice on tariff classification of your products based on the EAC CET and HS Codes.
Advice on customs valuation of imports based on provisions of the customs legislation.
Tax compliance work under the East Africa Community Duty Remission scheme.
Advice on Rules of Origin (ROO) and support in resolving any issues you may have with the Customs authorities;
Providing updates on changes in customs legislation and the impact to your business.
Providing general customs advisory services as well as different incentives available to companies in different sectors.
Providing customs compliance reviews to enhance compliance with existing customs legislation.
Review contracts signed with varied counterparties and advise you on different export and import tax implication thereof.
Training you on customs related matters and updating you on recent developments in the customs legislation.
Provide KRA Post-Clearance Audit Support (PCA) and dispute resolution support.
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Excise duty

We work with our clients to mitigate noncompliance risks to enhance compliance. Our support from an Excise duty perspective include:

Advice on excise duty incentives/exemptions under the Excise Duty Act, 2015.
General Excise duty advisory: This entails a review of your operations and advising you on tax risks and opportunities around the excise duty legislation.
Filing monthly excise duty returns for companies dealing in excisable goods and excisable services.
We will help you enhance compliance with existing excise duty legislation by reviewing your transactions and advising you in case of any exposures.
Excise duty training.
Revenue Authority audit support and dispute resolution through representation at the Tribunal or engagement with the KRA through the Alternative Dispute Resolution Framework.
Review contracts signed with various counterparties and advise you on the Excise duty implication thereof.
Legislative amendments in excise law through the National Treasury, the National Assembly, the KRA and other stakeholders.
Providing updates on changes in Excise duty legislation and the impact to your business.

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