The bulk of measures contained in the Finance Bill, 2026, focus on reforms improving efficiency in tax collection, fairness in the tax system and broadening the tax measures.
By
Kepha Muiruri
Business Reporter
Nation Media Group
Salaried workers are major casualties and will now wait longer for relief on their pay taxes as the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary kept mum on the much-publicised promise, even as the State juggles financing its growth plans and appeasing businesses and a restless public squeezed by the high cost of living.
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