Insight type: Legal Alert

This legal alert has been necessitated by the enactment of the Insurance Act, number 38 of 2021 (New Insurance Act). The New Insurance Act repeals the current insurance Act, number 27 of 1997 (Repealed Insurance Act). From the onset, it is worth noting that the New Insurance Act will only commence on a date appointed by the Minister of Finance. The Minister has not yet appointed the date on which the New Insurance Act is set to come into operation.

The Finance Act, 2021 (the Act), which was assented into law by the President of Kenya on 29 June 2021, makes a raft of changes to Kenya’s tax regime including the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Tax Act, the Tax Procedures Act, the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act and the Excise Duty Act, among others.

 

Often, leaders at law firms are determined based on their success as legal practitioners. However, what makes a successful legal practitioner might not necessarily be what makes a good leader, especially in terms of change and change management.

 

The Finance Act, 2021, which was assented into law by the President of Kenya on 29 June 2021, makes a raft of changes to Kenya’s tax regime including the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Tax Act, the Tax Procedures Act, the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act and the Excise Duty Act, among others. Most amendments proposed under the Finance Bill, 2021 were approved by Parliament as set out, while others amendments we approved with modifications.

 

Data from the Tanzania Investment Centre has shown that in the past few months from March to June, the country has secured 92 major investments worth USD 2.6 billion.

 

 

The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (Lands Ministry) has been spearheading various projects for slightly over a year including: the digitisation of records, geo-referencing of land parcel boundaries, conversion of titles, and national titling amongst other institutional reforms.

 

ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna recently represented a taxpayer before the Tax Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal) in an appeal on whether product gains on petroleum products should be subjected to additional duties and levies. 

 

The implementation of the Minimum Tax has been suspended, pending the hearing and determination of various petitions filed before the High Court.

 

 

On 30 March 2021, the President, H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, signed into law the Employment (Amendment) Act, 2021 (the Act). The Act was one of 3 Employment (Amendment) Bills introduced in 2019^[1], and it is the only one that has currently been passed into law. The Act came into force on 15 April 2021, following its gazettement through Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 53 (Acts No. 2).

 

On 26 November 2010, the Kenyan and South African Governments entered into a Double Taxation Agreement (the DTA) whose purpose was to ensure resident persons and resident companies avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion with respect to income taxes. The DTA subsequently entered in force on 1 January 2016.