The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has integrated its electronic tax invoicing platform with the government’s payment system, strengthening the link between suppliers’ tax records and payments made by public institutions.
The integration of the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS) with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) requires suppliers dealing with government entities to generate valid electronic tax invoices before submitting claims for payment.
The move introduces an automated verification step into the government payment process. Invoices submitted through IFMIS will be expected to match records captured in eTIMS, making it more difficult for suppliers to submit inconsistent, altered or unverifiable invoices when seeking payment from government agencies.
KRA and the National Treasury said the integration forms part of the government’s wider digital transformation agenda, aimed at improving information sharing between tax administration and public financial management systems.
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The development also ties tax compliance more closely to government procurement processes. Suppliers have been urged to regularly verify their tax compliance status and ensure their tax records and other information remain up to date.
The system could also help minimise cases where invoices are modified between the time they are issued and when they are submitted for payment.
KRA has warned suppliers that it will not be liable for payments that are not received, credited or validated in the appropriate KRA accounts.
The tax authority said it will continue supporting suppliers with eTIMS registration, invoice generation and other technical challenges as the new system is rolled out.
