Lecture 6 Β· A supervisor paid the casuals and got the tax bill
π»ππ πͺπππ πΉπππ: A construction firm paid its casual labourers through David Luketelo Sifuma's bank account and filed withholding tax against his PIN. KRA billed him KSh 5m. He lost on a deadline, and the Tribunal still found him a way back.
Lecture 6 Β· A supervisor paid the casuals and got the tax bill
You are the finance director of a construction company. Your casual labourers have no bank accounts, and paying them in cash from the office is slow and risky. Your site supervisor has an account. Each week finance sends him a lump sum, he withdraws it and pays the crew.
It works. What have you just done to his tax file?
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