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KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu. [Elvis Ogin,Standard]
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has surpassed its revenue target for April, collecting Sh6.5 billion more, a 23.9 per cent increase.
The taxman reported a revenue performance of Sh176.7 billion against a set target of 170.2 billion. This compares to Sh144.1 billion collected in the same period in 2020.
Commissioner General Githii Mburu in the statement said this is the fifth successive month the authority has posted improvement and above the set targets. “KRA exceeded the target despite the slow economic progression brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said KRA.
KRA attributed the improved performance to implementation of compliance and revenue enhancement initiatives as well as better service delivery to taxpayers which has led to voluntary compliance.
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The revenue enhancement measures include robust intelligence collection, investigations, and revamping of taxpayers’ audit function.
KRA started the year on a high note, surpassing the January revenue collection target. It managed to collect Sh142 billion against a target of Sh138 billion.
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The performance rate was 102.6 per cent and surpassed their target for the first month of the year by Sh3.53 billion.
In December last year, the taxman brought home more than Sh166 billion in taxes, beating the Sh164 billion target - a performance rate of 101.3 per cent.
(Latvijas Radio Ziņu dienesta korespondente) Veterinarians increasingly come across with pets purchased from illegal buyers and importers, Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) told Latvian Radio April 13.
The demand for pets during the limits of Covid-19 has grown so much that Latvian shelters and breeders are no longer able to satisfy the demand, observed the Latvian Association of Veterinarians. Consequently, animals purchased from illegal buyers and importers, often in poor health, are increasingly seen by vets. We mostly find these cases when the animal is ill. Similarly, in some cases, animals do not recover after illegal transport because they are cold, have not eaten enough and have dehydrated. If, in the past, we as professionals felt that people themselves were outraged by such situations in which they were defrauded, then, unfortunately, we now see people deliberately buying an animal illegally.