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Kenya Reduces Market and Deemed Interest Rates for Fringe Benefit Tax and Non-Resident Loans

14 April 2025

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Approved Changes

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Kenya

The Kenya Revenue Authority has issued a public notice on the market interest rate for fringe benefit tax purposes and the deemed interest rate for certain non-resident loans for the months of April, May, and June 2025, which has been reduced from 13% to 9%. Fringe benefit tax is payable by employers in respect of a loan provided at an interest rate lower than the market interest rate to a director or an employee. The taxable value of the fringe benefit is the difference between the interest that would have been payable on the loan if calculated at the market...