Kenya · Compliance calendar

What Kenya companies owe, and when.

Every recurring obligation for registered companies, with the instrument it comes from and what happens if it is missed.

Which of these apply to you?

Nothing is stored, and nothing is sent until a question is answered — leave one blank and you see every possibility, which for VAT means both filing categories with their different dates.

Legal form
IsProvisionalTaxpayer
IsAgriculturalTaxpayer
MakesWithholdablePayments
Registered for VAT
Employs staff

6 dated obligations shown · every possibility, because at least one question is unanswered · 4 more need your incorporation month or year end

Oct 20, 2026 Tue · 7 days

VAT return

VAT-registered businesses · KRA

Value Added Tax Act 2013; Tax Procedures Act 2015 s77

Penalty of KES 10,000 or 5 per cent of the tax due, whichever is higher, plus interest.

Nov 09, 2026 Mon · 27 days

Monthly PAYE remittance

All employers · KRA

Income Tax Act (Cap 470) s37; Income Tax (PAYE) Rules; Tax Procedures Act 2015 s77

Penalty of 25 per cent of the tax due or KES 10,000, whichever is higher, plus interest.

Nov 20, 2026 Fri · 38 days

VAT return

VAT-registered businesses · KRA

Value Added Tax Act 2013; Tax Procedures Act 2015 s77

Penalty of KES 10,000 or 5 per cent of the tax due, whichever is higher, plus interest.

Dec 09, 2026 Wed · 57 days

Monthly PAYE remittance

All employers · KRA

Income Tax Act (Cap 470) s37; Income Tax (PAYE) Rules; Tax Procedures Act 2015 s77

Penalty of 25 per cent of the tax due or KES 10,000, whichever is higher, plus interest.

Dec 20, 2026 Sun · 68 days

VAT return

VAT-registered businesses · KRA

Value Added Tax Act 2013; Tax Procedures Act 2015 s77

Penalty of KES 10,000 or 5 per cent of the tax due, whichever is higher, plus interest.

Jan 09, 2027 Sat · 88 days

Monthly PAYE remittance

All employers · KRA

Income Tax Act (Cap 470) s37; Income Tax (PAYE) Rules; Tax Procedures Act 2015 s77

Penalty of 25 per cent of the tax due or KES 10,000, whichever is higher, plus interest.

4 that depend on your company

These have no fixed date — they follow your incorporation month, your financial year end, or a change you make.

Your financial year end

Company income tax return

KRA · Falls due a set number of months after YOUR financial year end, so the date depends on when your year closes.

Your financial year end

Financial statements filing

BRS · Falls due nine months after YOUR financial year end for a private company, six for a public one, so the date depends on when your year closes.

Your financial year end

Provisional tax

KRA

On change

Withholding tax remittance

KRA · Falls due five working days after EACH payment you withhold from, so the date depends on when you pay.

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