This archive report was first published on 28 September 2019.
On Friday, 27th September 2019, a Mombasa court charged three tax agents and two company directors for their alleged roles in fraudulently reducing their Value Added Tax (VAT) liability.
The case, which was heard before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Christine Ogweno, involved tax agents from Ogot & Associates and directors of Gaab Transporters Limited and Samumu Construction Services.
According to the charges, the accused persons knowingly made incorrect statements to the Commissioner for Domestic Taxes in the companies' VAT returns, thereby reducing their VAT liability. In one case, the tax agents and company director were accused of reducing the company's VAT liability by Ksh1,593,908 for the months of March, April, May, and June 2016.
In the second case, the tax agents and company director were accused of reducing the company's VAT liability by Ksh552,672 for the month of April 2016.
The total amount of tax evaded by both companies amounts to Ksh2,146,580.
All the accused pleaded not guilty and were released on a bond of Ksh200,000 with an alternative cash bail of Ksh100,000. The two cases will be heard on 17th October 2019.
Published on 28th September 2019.
