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Kenya Revenue Authority has given registered VAT taxpayers up to 30 September 2022 to start using new electronic tax registers. The authority said it added two months following the taxpayers’ request. The new type of tax register is replacing the electronic tax register (ETR) whose use started in 2005. All registered VAT taxpayers must use new tax registers to send their tax data to Kenya Revenue Authority on real time.
17 approved resellers of electronic tax registers
Kenya Revenue Authority has licensed 16 firms to sell new electronic tax registers. The electronic tax register suppliers will sell the machines made by 12 manufacturers. The manufacturers are from Bulgaria, China, Dubai, Malaysia, and Poland.
Advatech Office Supplies Limited. The firm is selling electronic tax register Types A, B and C made by two manufacturers from Bulgaria. Tremol Limited and Datecs Limited make the machines.
Bititec Systems and Suppliers Limited. They sell electronic tax register Type A from Bulgarian firm Daisy Tech JSC.
Compulynx Limited. The firm is selling tax registers made by DTR International DWC from Dubai. KRA has approved Compulynx to sell three types of tax registers – type A, B and C.
Computech limited. KRA has approved the firm to sell electronic tax register Types A, B and C. Comp S.A. from Poland makes the tax registers.
Copy Cat limited. The firm is selling Types A, B and C. Comp S.A. makes the electronic tax registers in Poland.
Dejavu Technologies limited. The firm is selling electronic tax register Types A and D. Xiamen Pinnacle Electrical Company limited from China makes the machines.
Ezeemoney limited. The firm is selling only Type A. The electronic tax register is made by P Plus SDN BHD of Malaysia.
Knots Computers Limited (Telephone: 0720826466; email knots@kenyaweb.com). The firm will buy the electronic registers from Xiamen Fiscat Electrical of China. It sells types A and D. These two types are in three models – Neon, Super and IPalm.
Lynx Distribution limited. The firm is selling electronic tax register Types A and D. The machines are made by Xiamen Datamega Technology Company limited (Type A) and Xiamen Pinnacle Electrical Company limited (Type A and D). The manufacturers are from China.
Matrix Telematics Limited (Telephone: 0706 347795; email – info@matrixtelematic.com). It sells electronic tax register Types A and D. The machines come from Shenzhen Xingode Technology Company from China.
Minitech Technologies Limited. The firm will buy the electronic registers from Xiamen Fiscat Electrical of China. Minitech Technologies Limited sells only type D, IPalm model.
Novacom Systems Limited. KRA has allowed the firm to sell electronic tax registers of Tevin International Limited from Dubai. It sells types A, B and C. The model of the registers is known as Ace.
Onesource Solutions Limited. KRA has allowed the firm to sell electronic tax registers from Tevin International Limited from Dubai, and Elzab S.A of Poland. It sells types A, B and C. The model of the registers is known as Ace.
Peckerwoods limited. It sells Types A and D. Xiamen Pinnacle Electrical Company limited (Type A) and Shenzhen Xingode Company (Types A and D) make the machines in China.
Pergamon Limited. It holds licence to sell electronic tax registers made by Incotex Trade Europe Limited, which is based in Bulgaria. KRA approved Pergamon to sell types A, B and C.
Total Solutions limited. It’s selling electronic tax register Types A, B and C. Tremol limited of Bulgaria makes the machines.
Wisepower Technologies Limited. KRA has allowed the firm to sell electronic tax registers of Tevin International Limited from Dubai. It sells types A, B and C. The model of the registers is known as Ace.
READ: Kenya Revenue Authority picks 9 more firms to sell new tax registers.
4 types of electronic tax registers
Kenya Revenue Authority has given out a guide on what each type of electronic tax register must do.
Type A. Its control unit must integrate with electronic tax register. Type A electronic tax register is for traders with manual bookkeeping. This is a standalone register, which was formally known as electronic tax register machine.
Type B. This type of electronic tax register must work with a point of sales system. Type B is most suitable for restaurants, supermarkets, and retail shops. It was previously called fiscal printer.
Type C. This type of electronic tax register must have an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, which manages a firm’s daily activities. ERP software does accounts, procurement, projects, and risks management.
Type D. This electronic tax register must have all the features of types A, B and C. It must work with point-of-sale system and must have an enterprise resource planning software.
Editor’s Note: The editor updated the article on 30 September 2022 to add Bititec Systems and Suppliers Limited to the list of approved electronic tax registers resellers.
