tax advisory and dispute resolution in kenya — protecting your business from the kra’s most aggressive enforcement period in a decade

When the KRA raises an assessment against your business, time is your most critical resource. The Tax Procedures Act imposes strict statutory deadlines for filing objections and appeals. Miss them, and you lose significant legal rights that cannot be recovered.

Our tax dispute team handles objections to tax assessments, appeals to the Tax Appeals Tribunal, judicial review applications where the KRA has acted outside its legal mandate, negotiated settlements and alternative dispute resolution with the Authority, and applications for instalment payment plans where tax liability has been confirmed.

We have handled disputes involving corporate income tax, VAT, withholding tax, customs and excise duty, and employment-related taxes including PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, and the Housing Levy. Whatever the nature of your dispute, we will assess your position honestly, advise on the most commercially sensible strategy, and pursue the best available outcome with everything we have.

The best tax dispute is the one that never happens.

Our tax advisory work focuses on helping businesses structure their operations, transactions, and contracts for legitimate tax efficiency before problems arise. We advise on corporate tax structuring for groups and holding structures, transfer pricing policies and documentation for related-party transactions, VAT planning for supply chains and service businesses, excise duty obligations for digital businesses including virtual asset service providers, withholding tax obligations on international payments, and tax-efficient remuneration structures for employees and directors.

Getting the structure right at the start costs a fraction of what it costs to unwind a poorly structured arrangement under audit.

Many businesses pay more tax than they legally owe. Not because they are dishonest, but because their compliance systems are poorly designed, their records are incomplete, or their finance teams are working without clear guidance on Kenya’s tax obligations.

We conduct tax health checks to identify overpayments, missed deductions, and compliance gaps. We draft tax compliance policies and procedures for internal governance, advise on record-keeping requirements under the Tax Procedures Act, and deliver training for finance teams that builds genuine understanding of Kenya’s tax framework rather than just distributing a policy document.

A well-designed compliance framework reduces your audit risk, eliminates inadvertent errors, and means that when the KRA does come knocking, you open the door with confidence.

Kenya’s digital economy operates in one of the most complex tax environments in the region. The 10% Digital Service Tax, the 1.5% Digital Asset Tax, excise duty on transaction fees for virtual asset service providers, and the evolving VAT treatment of digital services create overlapping compliance obligations that most businesses are not equipped to navigate without specialist support.

We provide dedicated tax advisory for fintechs, e-commerce platforms, digital content businesses, and virtual asset service providers. That includes cross-border structuring to manage tax exposure across East African markets, where the interaction between Kenya’s domestic rules and regional frameworks creates both risk and opportunity for businesses that know where to look.