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Court blocks KRA from taxing golf club membership fee

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KRA has no legal for charging VAT on club entrance. [iStockphoto]

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has suffered a major blow after the High Court barred it from demanding 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) from golf club membership subscription and entrance fee.

Justice Nixon Sifuna dismissed the appeal by the KRA that sought to overturn a decision by the Tax Appeals Tribunal Court in 2020 which restrained it from taxing golf clubs.

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