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 />
SEVENTH SCHEDULE (s. 28)<br />
INVOICES, RECORDS AND RETURNS<br />
6 of 2005 s.18<br />
10 of 2006 s.14<br />
1. Subject to paragraph 2, a registered person who makes a taxable supply shall, in<br />
respect of that supply, furnish the purchaser with a tax invoice containing the<br />
prescribed details-<br />
(a) in the case of a supply on credit, at the time of the supply or within fourteen days of<br />
the completion thereof; or<br />
(b) in the case of a cash sale, immediately upon payment for the supply:<br />
Provided that the registered person may, subject to such conditions as the<br />
Commissioner may impose-<br />
(i) where cash sales are made from retail premises, furnish the purchaser with a<br />
simplified tax invoice containing the prescribed details; or<br />
(ii) where cash sales to any one person in a day do not exceed five hundred<br />
shillings, account for tax in such manner as the Commissioner may authorize.<br />
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, where upon application by a registered<br />
person, the Commissioner is satisfied that owing to the nature of a business, it is<br />
impracticable for the registered person to issue a tax invoice in accordance with that<br />
paragraph, the registered person may account for tax in such other manner as the<br />
Commissioner may authorize.<br />
3. The amount of tax payable, if any, shall be recoverable by the registered person from the<br />
purchaser in addition to the sale price.<br />
4. (1) No invoice showing an amount which purports to be tax shall be issued on any supply-<br />
(a) which is not a supply of taxable goods or taxable services; or<br />
(b) by a person who is not registered.<br />
(2) Any person who issues an invoice in contravention of subparagraph (1) shall be<br />
guilty of an offence, and any tax shown thereon shall become due and payable to the<br />
Commissioner within seven days of the date of the invoice.<br />
5. (1) Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph 1 shall be guilty of<br />
an offence and any goods in connection with which the offence was committed shall be liable<br />
to forfeiture.<br />
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