Nairobi, Aug. 19 -- The Tax Appeals Tribunal has upheld a Sh389.8 million tax claim against a warehouse and transport firm, Transfleet (EPZ) Limited, after it failed to prove it objected to the demands by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

The Tribunal said the company could not rely on its June 2023 objection letter without properly proving that KRA received it.

The dispute originated from a KRA investigation of Transfleet's tax affairs for 2016 to 2021.

KRA's Commissioner of Investigations and Enforcement said that in the course of the investigation, it undertook an iTax analysis of the company's declarations for the period and wrote to five tenants for their contracts, tenancy agreements and payment details.

KRA also analysed the d...