To quote the DHL Kenya country MD "..traders are also being subjected to numerous charges of up to six different type of fees which contributes to high cost of imported goods in the country. Some of the charges include Import Duty, VAT, what he terms as government fees, Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) fee, Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and the newly introduced 1.5percent Standard Gauge Railway levy. “What happens is that your Sh3,000 items now becomes Sh12,000 item at the end of the day and that is before you pay for any transport. So what this means, one will prefer flying to Dubai, put a lot of stuff the suitcase and bring them here and the chances of you being stopped at the customs is very slim” Basically the costs of importing are just too high. Which is counterproductive since people end up importing substandard but affordable items. In the end the country becomes a dumping pit On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Njiri John via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
I have personally bought Books severally and they are delivered in my post office box without any VAT. I have not yet bought any electronic device from them. The parcel arrives earlier than the stipulated time.
Njiri John
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
I agree the taxes must be a headache to understand if you haven't gone through the process before alone.
KRA details are scanty but if you prod them hard enough they have a list with like ICT items showing duty/ IDF costs in % which may be a big help.
We have 2 qualified guys who do our imports but looking at those charts just gives me a crazy migraine.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Brian L <lusiola@gmail.com> wrote:
If the taxes were clear, available especially online and not exorbitant then the need to evade taxes would be reduced.
After all we have to pay taxes to pay our greedy politicians.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Skunks !
The big question is here are we after ''evading taxes'' ?
:-)
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
@John K, you are absolutely right.
A friend just tried ordering for a RaspberryPi kit, from amazon the total cost is coming to $167, but if the same kit is purchased from UK and shipped in via "friends and family", the cost is 8k.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 11:18 AM, John K. via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
If they manage to strike a deal with KRA where they tax you straight from amazon and you just pick the goods from posta with no additional fees that'll be great. However, it means we'll probably go back to using "friends & family shipping" as our VAT and Duty rates will probably increase the cost of goods by almost 50% for most stuff. :(
Regards, John K.
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> @John, yeah, most probably an incomplete rollout. When you change > the delivery address to some Nigerian destination, the goods suddenly > become deliverable. > > Tony. > > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >
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