{
  "id": 1120043,
  "title": "KRA iTax glitch leaves taxpayers facing VAT filing delays, penalties ahead of August 20 deadline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/kra-itax-glitch-leaves-taxpayers-facing-vat-filing-delays-penalties",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T20:46:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/kra-itax-glitch-leaves-taxpayers-facing-vat-filing-delays-penalties-ahead-of-august-20-deadline"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has acknowledged technical problems affecting taxpayers attempting to file their July Value Added Tax (VAT) returns on the iTax platform, raising fresh concerns among businesses racing to beat the August 20 filing deadline. Several taxpayers have reported difficulties completing their VAT returns, with some encountering system errors while others say July […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}