VAT on dialysis was introduced through the 2023 Finance Act, which took effect on July 1, 2023.
By
Linet Owoko
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Kidney patients will start paying less for dialysis treatment after the government removed a 16 percent value-added tax (VAT) on dialysers—the filters used to clean blood during haemodialysis sessions.
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