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The president of Kenya on 19 March 2024, signed into law the Affordable Housing Act 2004 (The Act). The Act is effective 19 March 2024 and reintroduces the Affordable Housing Levy (AHL) which was suspended in January 2024 due to being deemed unconstitutional…

A patch file has been deployed for Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional Release 6.2a and Release 6.1b Tax Year-end Instances , on the 19th of March 2024. The following message will display on the Payroll Subscription screen: What is included…

The NSSF contribution limits have been increased, effective February 2024 . Below is a summary of the changes: Tier I contributions: The pensionable earnings cap has been raised from KSh6,000 to KSh7,000. The maximum contribution increases…

Updated post 23/01/2024 The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has advised that the post-retirement medical fund relief cannot be granted on the payroll by the employer because the employee has left their job and stopped working. Sage will not be implementing…

Click here to view the August 2023 newsflash. What if I did not receive my newsflash via email? You can log into the Sage Portal to confirm that your email address is correct Click here to submit your details to Sage Customer Support, and we will…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has issued a Public Notice on the calculation of the Affordable Housing Levy (AHL) on 15 August 2023. For more details go to https://www.kra.go.ke/news-center/public-notices/1979-affordable-housing-levy-ahl The KRA…

The new tax file for Kenya which is effective from 1 July 2023, was deployed on 7 August 2023 at 20:00. All Kenya Users were emailed on 4 August 2023 to review and complete the preparation steps before the deployment of the new the tax files, as the…

The Kenyan Court of Appeal has overturned judgments that had prevented the Finance Act from going into effect from July 2023, and the tax changes for Kenya is effective 1 July 2023. Update| Update| Kenya: New Tax Tables effective 1 July 2023 - Suspended…

On 10 July, details were posted on the tax changes for Kenya effective 1 July 2023. Click here to view the original post on Sage City. The tax changes were suspended by the High Court of Kenya, however the Kenyan Court of Appeal has overturned judgments…

The latest update to Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional Release 6.0c is now available and includes new features that will help you process your payroll. Click here to download the Release Notes for Release 6.0c What is included in this update…

Updated Post 12 July 2023 @ 14:30pm We have just received the following information from our Compliance Team with regard to the Kenya Tax table changes. The tax changes introduced in the Finance Act No.4 of 2023 are suspended by the High Court of…

A patch file has been deployed for Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional Release 6.0b on 26 June 2023. The following message will display on the Payroll Subscription screen: What is included in the patch file? The patch file includes: Lesotho…

The latest update to Sage Business Cloud Payroll Professional Release 6.0b is now available and it includes a few new features that will help you to process your payroll. Click here to download the Release Notes for Release 6.0a What is included in…

Following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the NSSF Act No. 45 of 2013, the NSSF requires all employers to comply with the law with immediate effect. The rates to be implemented are per the 1 st year of the Third Schedule of the NSSF Act No. 45…

Click here to view the November 2022 newsflash. Not receiving your monthly newsflash via email? Click here to submit your details to Sage Customer Support, and we will add your to our list! Be sure to update your communication preferences with…

We have deployed a patch file on 14 November 2022 with an update on reports for Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia & Citibank ACB The following message currently displays on your subscription page: Report changes: Country Report Description …

Effective October 2022, the Industrial Training Levy should be processed and paid by employers to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on a monthly basis, by the 5th day of the month after the levy is due. Previously, the Industrial Training Levy contributions…

We are aware that there is a change in the Kenya P10 PAYE Monthly Return, where the CSV file layout (version 26.0.2) has been updated with the following changes: Column 1 for NITA Member Number has been deleted. NITA Member Name column description…

We have deployed a patch file with an update on the following Africa Tax Country reports Country Report Details Eswatini Swaziland ENPF New updated version Zimbabwe Zimbabwe NSSA P4 Report Changes to existing report …

In accordance with the Finance Act No. 8 of 2021 , the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) deductions are eligible for insurance relief in the PAYE tax calculation. The existing insurance relief has been extended to include NHIF relief on contributions…

Click here to access the Public Notice by The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) which informs the public that a unified payroll return (UPR) has been developed for joint declaration and payment of Pay…

Click here for the Tax Laws Amendment Act, No. 22 of 2020 which introduces some changes which affect the tax on employment income. Monthly Tax tables for 2021 tax year From (KShs) To (KShs) Rate 0,00 24 000,00…

When you launch your system the first time as from 4 September 2020, you will be prompted to update all your payroll companies to Release 5.5a. Take note of the important notice on the subscription landing page: You will have the option to Update…

With the release of the Finance Act, No. 8 of 2020 a few changes have been introduced that will affect the tax on Employment income. To view this document, please click here . The following changes will affect your payroll: Tax on Overtime/Bonus…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered payroll-related tax changes as part of measures announced to cushion Kenyans against the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. He assented to the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020 on 25 April 2020. The new tax file which…