Unit: Advanced Taxation
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Login to Access| 31 December 2019 | 31 December 2020 | 31 December 2021 | 31 December 2022 | |
| Sh.“000” | Sh.“000” | Sh.“000” | Sh.“000” | |
| Leasehold property | 11,760 | 11,760 | 11,760 | 11,760 |
| Motor vehicles | 5,040 | 4,720 | 9,360 | 10,760 |
| Furniture | 864 | 864 | 864 | 864 |
| Bank overdraft | 1,288 | 1,400 | 1,210 | 1,115 |
| Loss on sale of investment | - | 100 | - | - |
| Accounts receivable | 432 | 504 | 408 | 600 |
| Mortgage loan | 2,080 | 1,840 | 1,620 | 1,500 |
| Inventory | 620 | 572 | 482 | 520 |
| Computers | 620 | 720 | 840 | 720 |
| Bank account | 240 | 268 | 272 | 286 |
| Personal clothes and effects | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 |
| Incomes | Sh.“000” |
| Rent: Apartment | 1,248,450 |
| Rent: Office block | 7,244,200 |
| Expenses: | |
| Garbage collection | 75,864 |
| Sewerage | 92,8090 |
| Repairs and maintenance (outsourced to local company) | 144,420 |
| Housing agents fee (5% of income) | ? |
| Security firm (eight day and eight night guards) | 464,000 |
| Insurance | 580,000 |
| Interest on bank loan | 139,200 |
| Caretakers’ salaries | 92,800 |
| Webhosting (by South Africa-based company) | 67,280 |
| Audit and assurance fee | 1,334,000 |
| Telephone and electricity | 52,952 |
| Other staff salaries | 992,496 |
| Architect’s fee (based in France) | 184,730 |
| 1. | Ale Ltd. entered into an agreement with a contractor under which it agreed to pay interest on any contractual fees paid late. A number of payments due to the contractor were delayed and incurred interest. The interest was not actually paid but the obligation to pay was accrued as a liability in the respondent's books. |
| 2. | As interest is a business expense, Ale Ltd. expensed it as a tax deductible item thereby reducing its corporation tax liability. The revenue authority undertook an audit and demanded payment on the withholding tax on the accrued interest. Following the demand, Ale Ltd. filed the matter before a tax tribunal. |
| 3. | The revenue authority claimed that by recognising accrued interest as a liability in its books of account, Ale Ltd. acknowledged that interest was credited to the account of the third party and therefore fell within the definition of the term "paid" under applicable tax laws. |
| 4. | At the tax tribunal, Ale Ltd. presented the following arguments:
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