Court says Treasury CS had no legal authority to advise KRA to abandon taxes already collected from consumers by the manufacturer.
By
Sam Kiplagat
Court Reporter
Nation Media Group
Alcohol manufacturer London Distillers (K) Ltd (LDKL) has lost its bid to avoid paying Sh517 million in excise taxes after the Court of Appeal backed the Kenya Revenue Authority's (KRA) decision to reject a directive by the National Treasury to abandon 80 percent of the tax liability.
The dispute arose after Pernod Ricard Kenya applied for tax refunds on December 6, 2022.
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