Founding Cohort Now Open — by application. Apply before July 31, 2026 →

Kenya's tax law now moves faster than any finance team can read it.
ATT is the layer in between

The best tax minds and proprietary technology, always on — so a decided case, a new statute, or a KRA notice never becomes your exposure before you see it.

By application · Founding Cohort

ATT Health Check Finding — Expert Certified
Action required
High RiskCustoms

Every import needs an export declaration from the country of export from 1 September 2026 — or KRA can redetermine your customs value.

The Finance Act 2026 inserts a new section 23B into the Tax Procedures Act, requiring every importer to obtain and retain — for five years — an export declaration or equivalent customs document from the country of export, with prescribed particulars. Where the importer cannot produce it, KRA may reject the declared value, origin, cost or ownership, redetermine the customs value and tax due, and impose administrative penalties. The obligation attaches to the goods, not to intent — good faith with a long-standing supplier does not help if the paperwork is not there.
Legal basis: Finance Act 2026 (Act No. 19 of 2026), new s.23B, Tax Procedures Act · commencement 1 September 2026
Action Required

Identify every supplier from whom you will import after 1 September 2026. Write to each requesting the export declaration or equivalent document from their customs authority, with the prescribed particulars. Amend your standard purchase terms to make provision of the document a condition of payment. Configure five-year retention in your document management system.

120+

Expert checks across
6 tax heads

48h

From data submission
to certified report

3

Countries: Kenya now,
Uganda & South Africa next

0

Other Africa-specific
tax intelligence products

Built by Tarra Agility — partners who argue these cases before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and the High Court of Kenya.

Three facts every Kenyan MNE CFO needs to hold.

Kenya's tax law changes constantly — and changes are immediate.

Finance Acts, TAT rulings, KRA notices, and High Court judgments bind you the day they land — there is no grace period between a new precedent and your exposure.

Your finance team cannot track it and run the business simultaneously.

No in-house team can run the business and monitor a legal landscape that shifts every quarter across six tax heads.

When KRA finds the gap, the penalty compounds from day one.

KRA assessments are presumed correct, and penalties accrue from the original obligation date — not the audit date. There is no voluntary-disclosure safety net.

200%

Penalty on tax where KRA proves fraud or gross neglect

Section 88, TPA

5 yrs

KRA cannot reopen beyond this without proving fraud or wilful neglect

Section 31(4), TPA · Vijay Kumar Patel v CLS (TAT, 2025)

6 mo

Window to claim input VAT. Missed = permanently lost

VAT Act / TAT 2023

1 day

Late was enough to lose an entire appeal at the Tribunal

Atta Kenya Ltd v Commissioner of Customs & Border Control (TAT, 2026)

A traditional tax health check costs millions, takes weeks, and is out of date the day it's delivered.

ATT replaces the one-off engagement model with always-on tax monitoring. The same scope. The same expert certification. But continuous — so your finance team is never exposed to a risk that already has a decided case, a statute, or a KRA notice behind it.

ATT Health Check Finding — Expert Certified
Action required
High RiskCustoms

Every import needs an export declaration from the country of export from 1 September 2026 — or KRA can redetermine your customs value.

The Finance Act 2026 inserts a new section 23B into the Tax Procedures Act, requiring every importer to obtain and retain — for five years — an export declaration or equivalent customs document from the country of export, with prescribed particulars. Where the importer cannot produce it, KRA may reject the declared value, origin, cost or ownership, redetermine the customs value and tax due, and impose administrative penalties. The obligation attaches to the goods, not to intent — good faith with a long-standing supplier does not help if the paperwork is not there.
Legal basis: Finance Act 2026 (Act No. 19 of 2026), new s.23B, Tax Procedures Act · commencement 1 September 2026
Action Required

Identify every supplier from whom you will import after 1 September 2026. Write to each requesting the export declaration or equivalent document from their customs authority, with the prescribed particulars. Amend your standard purchase terms to make provision of the document a condition of payment. Configure five-year retention in your document management system.

Traditional Health Check

  • One-off engagement — out of date the day it's delivered
  • 6–8 weeks from kickoff to report
  • Millions in professional fees per engagement
  • Large team mobilised each time
  • New legislation or case law after the report? Start again.

ATT Always-On

  • Continuous monitoring — never out of date
  • Findings surfaced as risks emerge
  • From $1,000/year — a fraction of one traditional engagement
  • Expert-certified — same rigour, always on
  • Knowledge base updated as law evolves — you're always current

From your financial data to a certified exposure report — in four stages.

Stage one

Data submission

You securely upload your trial balance, VAT returns, bank statements, payroll, and intercompany agreements.

Stage two

Knowledge base analysis

ATT's one-of-a-kind evergreen knowledge base — case law, KRA notices, and statutes — is loaded for your engagement.

Stage three

Six AI agents run

One agent per tax head — VAT, CIT, PAYE, WHT, TP, Customs — each checking your data against 120+ expert-authored checklist items.

Stage four

Expert certification

Every finding is reviewed and certified by a named ATT tax professional before the report reaches you.

Four reasons your CFO and Head of Legal can trust the output.

Document security — five layers

AES-256 at upload, TLS 1.3 in transit, row-level client isolation, Zero Data Retention on every AI call, and automatic purge 90 days after delivery.

AES-256 · TLS 1.3 · ZDR enforced

Grounded in source law only — nothing invented

Every citation comes from our curated knowledge base of decided cases, statutes, and KRA notices — no internet sources, no generic summaries, no opinion content.

Source law only · Expert-curated · Verified citations

Expert certification — mandatory, non-negotiable

Every finding is reviewed and signed by a named, qualified ATT professional who is professionally liable for it — no report leaves without a signature.

Named expert · Digital signature · 48-hour SLA

One-of-a-KindEvergreen knowledge base
not available anywhere in Kenya

Evergreen knowledge base — one-of-a-kind in Kenya

Not available anywhere else in Kenya — every new TAT decision, KRA notice, and legislative change is ingested by Tarra Agility experts, so your check is always current.

Expert-curated · Always current · Not available elsewhere

What founding members say after their first health check.

"The TP finding alone — KES 12 million exposure we had not identified — justified the entire engagement within 48 hours of submitting our data. I sent the finding directly to our board."
CFO, Manufacturing subsidiaryNairobi (anonymised, consent obtained)
"What distinguished ATT from every other advisory engagement I have had is that they cited the actual case. Not a general principle — the actual decision, the TAT reference, the holding. That is a different product entirely."
Head of Legal, Financial Services groupNairobi (anonymised, consent obtained)
"We had been relying on our ERP's eTIMS integration and assumed it was covering us. The ATT health check identified 11 suppliers — KES 2.8M in input VAT — that were not on eTIMS. We had no idea."
Finance Director, FMCG subsidiaryNairobi (anonymised, consent obtained)

Expert advisory delivered continuously — not once a year when it's too late.

For finance teams at multinationals and VC-backed firms. Up to 4 team members per subscription. Billed annually in advance.

Primary Product

Always-On Tax Health Check

From $1,000/yr · 4 team members

  • Continuous tax exposure monitoring — not a one-off annual review
  • 120+ expert checks across 6 tax heads (VAT, CIT, PAYE, WHT, TP, Customs)
  • Every finding certified by a named Tarra Agility tax professional
  • Grounded in ATT's evergreen knowledge base — case law, statutes, KRA notices
  • Actionable findings with KES exposure estimates and legal basis

Secondary Product

ATT Tax Sector Pulse

From $3,000/yr · 4 team members

  • Everything in the Always-On Tax Health Check
  • Industry-specific intelligence — Manufacturing, FS, FMCG, Telecoms, Energy
  • Sector-specific risk register, updated as law evolves
  • Transfer pricing compliance guide (OECD + local rules)
  • Audit defence handbook — case-backed checklist for your sector

Advisory

High-Touch Advisory

From $6,500/yr · Custom scope

  • Everything in the Tax Sector Pulse
  • Buy-side and sell-side M&A tax due diligence
  • KRA audit defence and dispute support
  • Formal expert tax opinions — signed by qualified advocate
  • Direct access to Tarra Agility partners

The founding cohort is open — by application.

Annual subscription from $1,000 for a 4-member team. Founding members receive locked pricing for 24 months and priority access to Uganda and South Africa expansion.