KRA surpassed its targets in a closed economy - Excise, Imports, Fuels shakedown

[gout]

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Why did we even need World Bank loans to buy few pieces of vaccines? A 100 billion would have been enough and the economy would be running.

The Domestic Taxes Department (DTD) collected Kshs. 1.039 Trillion during the financial year translating to a performance rate of 99.8% while Customs and Border Control (C&BC) collected Kshs. 624.77 Billion surpassing its target of Kshs. 606 Billion representing a performance rate of 103.0% and recording a surplus of Kshs. 18.248 Billion.

Petroleum taxes amounted to Kshs. 226.680 Billion posting a growth of 34.5% and surplus of Kshs. 12.252 Billion against target, while Non-Oil revenue recorded a growth of 16.4% with collections amounting to Kshs. 398.089 Billion which was above target by Kshs. 5.996 Billion.

https://www.kra.go.ke/en/media-center/press-release/1299-annual-revenue-performance-fy-2020-2021

KRA staff bonus stead of some social welfare on the surplus
https://citizentv.co.ke/business/kra-staff-gifted-one-month-salary-for-surpassing-targets-13096418/

[RV Pundit]

Yes the stimulus package should have continued until everything is back to normal.

[yulemsee]

They surpassed a revised target, I'd say they engineered the bonus. Happy with the recovery, trade has improved dramatically, but we will know recovery has been achieved when domestic taxes are back (income, local V.A.T, local excise

[hk]

Collected a 1.669T against a budget of 2.9T, So other than a few grants the difference is bridged by borrowing . Kenya problem isn't tax collection its spending and wastage. Government increases the budget, spends the money, the spending is taxed, Kra collects more. Corporate, domestic, and paye especially private are better barometers of the dynamism of the economy.

[RV Pundit]

What is the AIA - isnt around 2-4B dollars?

Seem in 2012/3 - was 6B dollars - with majority donor funds. With devolution I think about half of AIA went to counties (esp user fees for hospitals) - so maybe 4B dollars.

http://internationalbudget.org/wp-content/uploads/Budget-Brief-25.pdf

AiA generated by agencies through service charges also presents a challenge for revenue sharing. These
fees are often used by the institution that generates them to fund operational costs. For example, Kenyatta
National Hospital generates user fees that are used to run the hospital. These are part of the budget but
should remain with the hospital. When a facility or department is devolved to counties, these fees can also
be devolved. When an agency remains at national level, however, the fees should not be considered part of
shareable revenue. AiA should not be considered part of revenues that can be shared with counties unless it
is in the form of agency fees for departments that are being devolved.

In addition to AiA, the government also collects funds from donors that pass through the Consolidated Fund
and are then passed to ministries and departments. These funds are not called AiA, but are known simply as
external revenues. Nevertheless, like AiA, they cannot be easily shared due to contracts with donors and
various conditions.
The table below shows the AiA and external revenue estimates in 2012/13.1 Note that when added together
over 80 percent of AiA and external revenue is foreign, rather than domestically generated by ministries. In
addition to the 226 billion in AiA received by government in 2012/13, there was an additional 52 billion in
external revenue. Altogether, this constituted roughly 25 percent of the total MDA budget in 2012/13.2 Taken
together, AiA, external revenue and CFS accounted for almost 625 billion in 2012/13.

Collected a 1.669T against a budget of 2.9T, So other than a few grants the difference is bridged by borrowing . Kenya problem isn't tax collection its spending and wastage. Government increases the budget, spends the money, the spending is taxed, Kra collects more. Corporate, domestic, and paye especially private are better barometers of the dynamism of the economy.