Kenyans to Dig Deeper as KRA Revises Excise Duty Upwards
Kenyans to Dig Deeper as KRA Revises Excise Duty Upward
Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their pockets following the revision of excise duty by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on selected items. In a statement, KRA informed manufacturers and importers that the rates of excise duty on excisable goods that have a specific rate of duty had been adjusted.
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In this case, KRA adjusted the excise duty using the average inflation rate of 4.94 percent for the financial year 2019/2020 as required under section 10 of the Excise duty Act, 2015.
The adjusted rates took effect from 1st October 2020.
Some of the products affected include;
- Fruit juices (including grape must), and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
- Bottled or similarly packaged waters and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices
- Beer, cider, perry, mead, opaque beer and mixtures of fermented beverages with non-alcoholic beverages and spirituous beverages of an alcoholic strength not exceeding 6%
- Powdered beer
- Wines including fortified wines, and other alcoholic beverages obtained by fermentation of fruits
- Spirits of undenatured ethyl alcohol; spirits liqueurs and other spirituous beverages of alcoholic strength exceeding 6%
- Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos, containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes
- Electronic cigarettes
- Cartridge for use in electronic cigarettes
- Cigarette with filters (hinge lid and soft cap)
- Cigarettes without filters (plain cigarettes)
- Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; “homogenous” and “reconstituted tobacco”; tobacco extracts and essences
- Motorcycles of tariff no. 87.11 other than motorcycle ambulances and locally assembled motorcycles
- Imported sugar confectionery of tariff heading 17.04
- Imported white chocolate, chocolate in blocs, slabs or bars of tariff Nos. 1806.31.00, 1806.32.00,1806.90.00
