KRA Clarifies Reports Of Confiscating Ksh.300K Wedding Dress At JKIA Over Tax
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has come out to address reports that its customs officers confiscated a wedding dress belonging to a Kenyan lady who had arrived into the country with her foreign lover for their nuptials.
According to the claims, the couple was forced to leave behind the dress with KRA officers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as they were informed that it had “commercial value” and they unable to pay the required tax.
The taxman, in a statement released on Thursday evening, sought to clarify that the wedding dress was subject to duty as it was valued at USD2,000 (Ksh.301,700).
This, KRA noted, was above the limit of USD500 (Ksh.75,425) allowable for duty-free items, in accordance with the East African Community Customs Management Act (EACCMA) and othe...