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Kenyan tax explained: PAYE, the P10 return, fringe benefit tax, the housing levy and turnover tax. Every rate and deadline links to the law or the KRA notice it comes from.

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  Keeping tax low in a new Kenyan software company

  A worked example for a two-person software startup in Kenya, covering turnover tax, a small salary, dividends and medical cover, each rule linked to the law.

  • startups
  • turnover tax
  • payroll
  • dividends

  12 Oct 2026

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  P10 relief caps: personal relief, insurance, meals and NITA

  Where the P10 form stops crediting a value, and why your total can change when a field crosses a cap.

  • paye
  • p10 return
  • housing levy
  • payroll

  6 Oct 2026, updated 12 Oct 2026

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  Fringe benefit tax in Kenya: who pays it and how much

  An employer that lends to staff below KRA's market interest rate pays 30% tax on the interest saved, declared on the monthly P10 return.

  • fringe benefit tax
  • p10 return
  • payroll

  2 Oct 2026, updated 12 Oct 2026

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  The P10 return, without the macro workbook

  KRA's monthly PAYE return, and how to fill it in the browser without the macro workbook.

  • p10 return
  • paye
  • payroll

  1 Oct 2026, updated 14 Oct 2026