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    "id": 193514,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193514/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, presently, an employer can lodge a dispute only on penalties and interests arising from failure to adhere to the Pay-As-You Earn (PAYE) regulation. An employer, however, cannot lodge dispute on the principal tax assessed. To address this inequity and create a cost- effective avenue for redress, I propose to allow any employer who is aggrieved by any decision of the Commissioner regarding the operations of the PAYE regulation, to lodge an appeal with the local committee. A large proportion of the current debt portfolio owed to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) comprises of interest and penalties, which, as you know, are rather punitive. In order to arrest the further escalation of these debts and create certainty in our tax system and be consistent with the In Duplum Rule that we passed in the banking sector, I propose to restrict interest and penalties to no more than 100 per cent of the principal tax due."
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