The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a new paybill number for the payment of taxes.
In a notie seen by The Kenya Times, KRA directed that tax payment be made through pay bill number 222222.
“KRA wishes to notify taxpayers transacting on customer to business basis that effective immediately, tax payment via mobile money should be made through the new PayBill Number 222222,” said the Authority.
Moreover, KRA explained that this is in line with the presidential directive on use of new pay bill number for payment of all government services by members of the public.
“Taxpayers are further advised to use the Payment Registration Number (PRN) of the reference number on the payment slips generated from KRA Business Systems (iTax, iCMS, EGMS, and KESRA iStudent) as the account number when making tax payment via mobile money,” added KRA.
KRA M-PESA Payment Process
Additionally, KRA directed taxpayers to make tax payment through mobile money via the following process:
Step 1: Enter 222222 as the PayBill Number.
Step 2: Enter the PRN as the account number.
Step 3: Key in the amount on the PRN.
Step 4: Click “send”
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Alternatively, KRA directed that members of the public can pay taxes by dialing *222# and following the process as described below.
Step 1: Dial *222#
Step 2: Select Pay KRA bill option.
Step 3: Enter the E-slip/PRN number.
Step 4: Select payment mode as M-pesa.
Step 5: Enter M-pesa PIN and complete the rest of the process.
In addition, KRA noted that it is in the process of transitioning tax for business-to-business transactions to the new PayBill.
The Authority said it will notify the members of the public once the process is done.
For further information, taxpayers can contact KRA Contact Centre on telephone number 0204999999 or 071109999, or via its email address [email protected].
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Ruto PayBill Directive
On June 30, President William Ruto issued a directive to merge all the government paybill numbers into one.
In his speech, the president said the government was streamlining financial management to fight corruption.
Further, he noted that government departments have been using different paybill numbers thus confusing the people.
“The 222222 offers a cost-effective way to collect payments as there are very small fees associated with it,” said Ruto.
Additionally, President Ruto said there was no need for one government to operate so many paybill numbers.
He added that many paybill numbers had made it hard for the office of the Auditor General to conduct a proper audit of the accounts.
President Ruto explained that the government was advancing to efficient approaches of collecting taxes as opposed to the traditional ways.
