The filing of 2025 income tax returns has commenced with notable momentum following KRA’s relaxation of e-tims validation rules to allow manual upload of non-etims invoices. However, we have identified several persistent issues that require KRA’s urgent attention:
- Stock adjustments under accruals – The system consistently returns errors when attempting to process these adjustments.
- Deferred income adjustments – Similar errors occur when making deferred income adjustments, preventing accurate filing.
- Identification of wrong PINs on manual excel sheets – The current process is highly tedious. The system does not flag or indicate which specific KRA PIN is invalid. For example, when processing a list of 300 invoices, there is no way to quickly isolate the erroneous entry – one is forced to test each invoice manually to find the one that is incorrect.
We trust that KRA will address these technical challenges promptly to facilitate smoother compliance for all taxpayers..
