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V.A.T. Act 2007 - Kenya Revenue Authority

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Rev. <strong>2007</strong> VALUE ADDED TAX CAP 476<br />

approved by the Minister for the use of the staff and students of that<br />

institution; or<br />

(d) premises operated by a medical institution approved by the Minister<br />

for the time being responsible for health for the use of the staff and<br />

students of that institution;<br />

“information technology” means any equipment or software for use in<br />

storing, retrieving, processing or disseminating information;<br />

“import” means to bring or cause to be brought from a foreign country<br />

or from an export processing zone;<br />

“importer” means any person who imports taxable goods;<br />

“manufacture” means –<br />

(a) in relation to any commodity, the activities of a manufacturer,<br />

including the bottling of water, but excluding the construction<br />

of buildings or the local treatment of water by a local authority<br />

or a person approved by the Minister for the time being<br />

responsible for water development for domestic or for industrial<br />

use; and<br />

(b) in relation to electricity, the generation thereof;<br />

“manufacturer” means<br />

(a) in relation to any commodity, any person who subjects any<br />

physical matter to any process by which that commodity is<br />

finally produced; or<br />

(b) any person whose trade consists of activities in connection with<br />

commodities included in paragraph (a) including assembly,<br />

packing, bottling, re-packing, mixing, blending, grinding,<br />

cutting, bending, twisting, and joining, or similar activity by<br />

which such commodities are finally produced; or<br />

(c) any person who has goods as defined in paragraph (a) or (b)<br />

manufactured to his specification or design, for himself, or on his<br />

behalf by others; or<br />

(d) any person who generates electricity.<br />

“official aid funded project” means a project funded by means of a<br />

grant or concessional loan in accordance with an agreement between the<br />

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