Accounting for Kenyan businesses
Keeping the books and records that make every tax return and every audit easier.
Matching Your eTIMS Invoices to Your Returns
Each month, compare eTIMS sales and purchases with your books and VAT return. KRA already checks them, so fix any gap before you file.
Which Records KRA Expects and How Long to Keep Them
Keep tax records for five years from the end of the period they relate to, or longer if KRA has amended an assessment or a dispute is open.
One Till, Two Lives: Why Mixing Business and Personal Money Is Quietly Killing Your Business
Mixing business and personal money makes your accounts unreliable, your taxes riskier and your business unfundable. Here is how to separate the two.
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