Kenya’s fuel marketers are once again in the crosshairs of tax digitisation policy as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) steps up pressure on petroleum retailers to adopt the eTIMS Fuel Station System, an industry-specific invoicing tool built to capture every litre sold in real time.
- •In a notice to the market, KRA reminded all fuel outlets that the compliance deadline for onboarding the system elapsed on 30 June 2025, signalling the shift from a transition phase to an enforcement era.
- •The eTIMS Fuel Station System is designed to seal long-standing leakages in the fuel value chain by integrating electronic invoicing directly into operations.
- •Through a connection between the controller and existing point-of-sale terminals, the system automatically generates and transmits tax invoices to KRA with every transaction, removing manual gaps that have historically enabled under-declaration.
By tying invoicing to pump activity, the Authority aims to build a tamper-proof audit trail while levelling the field between compliant retailers and those relying on opaque reporting practices.
The Authority says it will continue supporting retailers who are yet to plug in their systems, even as it acknowledges and commends outlets that have already complied with the electronic invoicing mandate. The final enforcement date is 31 December 2025.
