EXPERIENCE

Taxation Services

-Advised over 20 Oil and Gas Exploration companies on both legal and taxation matters. This has included advising on contracting and taxation of expatriates, as well as the tax treatment of their farm in/farm out transactions, and the tax regime for oil and gas companies in Kenya. We have also advised on the form, substance and legal implications of the Production Sharing Contracts that Kenya has in place with such companies;

-Advised on how to structure contracts and cross border transactions in order to achieve tax efficiencies;

-Assisted numerous local and global companies in negotiating settlements with the KRA;

-Represented numerous local and global companies involved in disputes with the KRA at the Tax Appeals Tribunal, as well as its predecessors the Income Tax Local Committee, the VAT Tribunal, and the Customs and Excise Tribunal. We have also successfully represented a number of clients at the High Court on taxation matters;

-Advised manufacturing entities and agricultural companies on the tax incentives available to them in Kenya;

-Assisted entities set up EPZ entities or achieve EPZ status, and advised them on the tax regimes for EPZ entities. 

-Conducted numerous tax health check exercises for clients across all sectors, and have assisted them develop internal measures to minimize or eliminate the risk of future exposures. We have also advised them on the nature and extent of any identified exposures, and helped them make voluntary disclosures to the KRA;

-Advised NGO’s and other not for profit organizations on the tax treatment of their affairs, from a personal tax perspective (in terms of their staff), as well as their cross border transactions;

-Advised four of the top five banks in the country on their taxation affairs;

-Assisted four of the top five banks in the country in resolving KRA audit disputes;