• INCOME TAX: tax imposed on income earned by individuals, companies, businesses, organisations, etc. Types of income tax include PAYE, individual income tax, corporation tax, withholding tax, rental income tax, etc.

• VALUE ADDED TAX (VAT): a consumer tax charged on taxable goods and taxable services supplied in Kenya and/or imported into Kenya.

• WITHHOLDING TAX: tax deductible from certain classes of income at the point of payment. eg, interest, dividends, royalties, commissions, rental income paid through agents, professional fees, pensions

• EXCISE DUTY: tax imposed on goods and services manufactured in or imported into Kenya.

• CUSTOMS DUTY: tax paid on the importation or exportation of goods.

• RENTAL INCOME TAX: tax paid on monthly gross rental income earned where the monthly rent income is between Kshs. 24,000 per month and Kshs 15 million per annum.

• DIGITAL SERVICE TAX: It is payable on income derived or accrued in Kenya from services offered through a digital marketplace.

• CAPITAL GAINS TAX: income tax payable on the profit made on the transfer of property in Kenya acquired on or before January 2015. The current CTG is 15%

• PAY AS YOU EARN (PAYE): a form of income tax imposed on income made from gainful employment.

• TURNOVER TAX: tax imposed on the gross sales of a business. Currently turnover tax is payable by businesses with a turnover of between Kes 1m to 5M at the rate of 1%

• CORPORATION TAX: tax imposed on profits made by resident companies or on foreign companies with a permanent establishment (PE) in Kenya for profits attributable to the PE. The current rate is 30% for resident companies and 37.5% for foreign companies.