Kenya Revenue Authority has extended the tax filing deadline on the online platform again to Sunday.
In a statement this evening, the taxman said the tax filing will close on July 5. The Commissioner General John Njiraini had on Wednesday told Citizen TV that the deadline had been extended to Friday.
The extension will be a relief to many Kenyans who failed to meet the June 30 deadline. Mr Njiraini said his agency would complete all the pending tax refunds by the first quarter of this financial year (October).
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Many people had blamed their failure to file their returns on time on problems with the iTax system, an issue Mr Njiraini acknowledged, citing challenges with Kenya’s Internet connections.
“It is true there are issues to do with speed, which are related to the stare of Internet connectivity in Kenya, and the government is already investing in broadband services across the country. We made the system much more user-friendly compared with last year.
The system failed to generate passwords for many taxpayers who had either forgotten their passwords or were registering anew.
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