V.A.T. Act 2007 - Kenya Revenue Authority
V.A.T. Act 2007 - Kenya Revenue Authority
V.A.T. Act 2007 - Kenya Revenue Authority
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Rev. <strong>2007</strong> VALUE ADDED TAX CAP 476<br />
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Value Added Tax <strong>Act</strong>,<br />
the Chief Justice makes the following rules:-<br />
LN. 229/90 THE VALUE ADDED TAX (APPEALS) RULES, 1990<br />
Citation. 1. These Rules may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Tribunal) Rules, 1990.<br />
Interpretation.<br />
2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-<br />
"appeal" means an appeal to the Tribunal under section 33(1);<br />
"appellant" means a person entering an appeal and the advocate or duly authorized<br />
agent of that person;<br />
"chairman" means the chairman of the Tribunal appointed under section 32 (2);<br />
"memorandum" means a memorandum of appeal presented under rule 4;<br />
"secretary" means the secretary to the Tribunal appointed pursuant to rule 3;<br />
"section" means a section of the <strong>Act</strong><br />
Appointment<br />
of secretary<br />
3. (1) The Commissioner shall appoint a person to be the secretary to the Tribunal,<br />
and that person may be an officer of the Value Added Tax Department.<br />
(2) The secretary shall, in matters relating to appeals to the Tribunal and procedure<br />
therefor, comply with general and special directions lawfully given by the chairman.<br />
(3)The secretary shall by notice in the Gazette notify his address for the<br />
presentation or service of documents for the purposes of these Rules, and shall in the<br />
same manner notify any change in that address.<br />
Form and time<br />
for lodging an<br />
appeal.<br />
Memorandum<br />
of appeal<br />
Statement of<br />
Facts of<br />
4. An appeal shall be entered by presentation of a memorandum of appeal, together<br />
with ten copies thereof, to the secretary within fourteen days after the date on which the<br />
appellant gives notice of appeal in writing to the Commissioner pursuant to section 33<br />
(1); but where the Tribunal is satisfied that, owing to absence from his normal place of<br />
residence, sickness or other reasonable cause, the appellant was prevented from<br />
presenting a memorandum within that period, and that there has been no unreasonable<br />
delay on his part, the Tribunal may extend that period notwithstanding that the period<br />
has already expired.<br />
5. A memorandum shall be signed by the appellant and shall set out concisely under<br />
distinct heads, numbered consecutively, the grounds of appeal without argument or<br />
narrative.<br />
6. Each copy of a memorandum shall be accompanied by -<br />
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