The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is deploying a technology that locks electronic tax invoices to specific locations to curb fraud estimated at up to Sh30 billion annually.
The taxman has piloted georeferencing policy whereby the electronic invoices generated on electronic tax invoice management system (eTIMS) are assigned precise geographic coordinates to the locations associated with them, such as a service location or a seller’s address.
The KRA said that georeferencing would help it deal with a surge in fictitious invoices, even as taxpayers rushed to comply with income and expense validation for 2025.