The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has launched the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS) Fuel Station System, targeting tax compliance in the petroleum industry by the end of June 2025.
- •Under conventional Electronic Tax Registers (ETRs), the petroleum industry, which is renowned for its intricate and high-volume transactions, faced considerable compliance issues.
- •The new system integrates forecourt controllers, computerised sales systems, fuel management systems, and point-of-sale (POS) devices to transmit transactions at the pump in real time to the KRA.
- •According to KRA, this will ease the tax compliance process for fuel stations and has additional advantages, including improving accuracy of records and overall efficiency.
The taxman has certified five third-party eTIMS integrators and has already onboarded several fuel stations. It has also set a 30th June deadline for all fuel stations to comply with eTIMS requirements either by self-integrating or using certified third party integrators.
