Excise drives taxes paid by banks up 40 percent to Sh181 billion
In Kenya, the banking sector is increasingly taking a central role in the economy, with a new study showing the sector contributed Kes181.27 billion largely on account of higher excise tax in 2022. The significance of this contribution was magnified in the Total Tax Contribution (TTC) study that shows the financial impact the banks had made in 2022. Led by Alice Muriithi, a Partner at PwC Kenya and the lead technical advisor on the study, the TTC study reported a Total Tax Contribution of Kes181.27 billion in 2022. This was a 39.94 percent increase from the previous year’s Kes129.52 billion. The contribution marks a milestone
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