Google joins Instagram and Facebook’s parent firm Meta, which began withholding the 5 percent tax from payments to Kenyan creators in January this year.
By
Dennis Musau
Technology Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Google has joined Meta in withholding 5 percent of earnings paid to Kenyan content creators, as the State moves to capture revenue from digital platforms that monetise content.
The deductions stem from provisions of the Kenya Income Tax Act on the monetisation of digital content.
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