The EAC countries registered impressive GDP growth rates in 2018 and the outlook is more promising. Against this backdrop, the countries presented their largest ever budgets. Inevitably, funding these ambitious projects called for pretty aggressive tax proposals to shore up revenues.

With Kenya re-jigging its presumptive tax regime, Uganda enhancing its excise duty take from financial services and introducing withholding VAT, Tanzania reviewing its gaming tax revenue and Rwanda introducing transfer pricing documentation requirements and capital gains on shares, it is very clear that revenue authorities across EAC compare notes on best practice in revenue mobilization.

We expect a raft of legislative Bills across the region to anchor the tax proposals in law and shall update you as and when these become available. In the interim, we have reviewed the budget speeches and we provide below a summary of the budget proposals and other tax measures across East Africa:

• KPMG Kenya Budget Brief 2018  
• KPMG Uganda Budget Brief 2018
• KPMG Tanzania Budget Brief 2018
• KPMG Rwanda Budget Brief 2018  

Please get in touch with us for discussions on how the budget measures will affect your business.