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To check if you have successfully filed KRA tax returns, login to iTax portal, click on returns, view filed return then select tax obligation as income tax resident individual, enter the return period and submit. You will be able to view all your filed returns
Here is a detailed procedure on how students should file for nill income returns. There is nothing that is required other than your KRA pin
You are getting the error “you cannot file NIL Return as you have Employment Income for the return period. Please file return using File Return option” because your there is some PAYE that was submitted by your employer before you lost your job, Therefore, you need file tax income returns for the months you were employed. If your employer submitted taxes they will be automatically populated in the forms.Login to kra itax portalClick returnsThen ITR for Employment IncomeClick Next to the last page.Before you click submit in the last page. Check whether there is any Tax Due or Refund Due. Negative number means the money KRA is supposed to refund you (for example -10,000) and positive number means the tax you are required to pay (for example 10,000).You can as well click on My Ledger to see whether there are any Taxes Deducted (PAYE) that were submitted by your employer for the months that you were employed.
You are required to file income tax returns for income generated. That is whether you were dismissed, fired before end year or you were working on contract. You will need to contact your employer and ask for P9 form so that you can know the months he submitted your tax deductions. File income returns for the months that your Tax Deductions were submitted.
To recover your forgotten KRA pin and email, scan your ID (both sides) and send it to callcentre@kra.go.ke. Do not forget to include your new email address and your profession in the email that you will send to KRA