How to file and pay KRA Vehicle Advance Tax

Any Kenyan with a motor vehicle for purposes of commercial use i.e. Passenger Carrying Vehicles and Luggage Carrying-vehicles are required to file and pay Advance Tax. The motor vehicle advance tax is to allow individuals to pay tax in advance which will be deducted from the payment needed to pay after the year has elapsed. In this article, we will share how to file and pay KRA Vehicle Advance Tax.

KRA Advance Tax was increased with the finance bill and the amount to be paid was increased to some extent by double the amount. The lowest amount for 1.5T vehicles was 2400 but now it stands at 5000. Before any payment to KRA, you need to generate a payment slip as outlined here. Once you get the payment slip for the KRA Advance Tax then you can proceed to pay via bank or MPESA.

Requirements to Pay KRA Advance Tax

The following are the requirements to be able to declare the Advance Tax and pay for the same. You can do it on your own using the procedure outlined here. Additionally, you can also have it done at the nearest kra offices. The requirements include:-

• KRA PIN
• KRA itax portal password
• Vehicle Details such as Model, Tonnage or number of passengers, registration number
• Vehicle registered under your name

Once you have the above details then you’re good to go. You can file and pay for the vehicle advance tax on your own without needing help from anyone. This article is enough to simplify everything for you so you can do it from home.

How to File and Pay KRA Advance Tax

The motor vehicle advance tax by KRA is usually paid yearly. An individual pays upfront for the business or the work the vehicle will be doing in the same year. The procedure for filing and paying advance tax is outlined below. Follow it to the latter.

• Open your PC browser or Chrome on your phone. However, you should use a PC as the KRA itax portal is not responsive.
• Key in the itax portal URL – https://itax.kra.go.ke and load it. Under the User ID/PIN enter your kra PIN and click on Continue
• Proceed to key in your iTax password and enter the security stamp then click on Login. If you don’t remember the Kra itax Password you can also reset it using your email
• Once the itax portal has loaded fully located the Payments Menu at the top. However on it and click on Payment Registration
• Wait for the Payment Registration page to load. Select Income Tax as the tax head, select Advance Tax as the sub head and proceed to choose Self Assessment and select the year i.e. Jan 2025 – December 2025.
• Some fields will pop up asking for the vehicle Details. Enter the vehicle registration number, type of vehicle in the form of passenger passenger-carrying vehicle or luggage luggage-carrying vehicle. Enter the vehicle make and body type. Key in the tonnage for luggage vehicles and number of passengers for passenger-carrying vehicles.
• The amount to be paid is then displayed. Click on Add to add the payment details in order to generate the payment slip for the advance tax.
• Under the mode of payment select other Payment Methods and click on Submit. Download the generated payment slip and head over to the bank or use the M-PESA payment using the eCitizen Paybill 222222 and the payment registration number as the account number.