From a tweet, Upwork Freelancer being wondering why they need to prove their KRA PIN numbers.

PIN ina facilitate financial transaction na tax compliance. Any income yenye individual ana earn from formal ama informal employment ukuwa taxable, na juu Upwork ni platform ya freelancing that stem from writers, editors, graphic designers, IT specialists etc ina count kama self employment.

This is why Upwork wameweka kama requirement ku provide your KRA pin, juu wao as employer wako wanafaa ku collect VAT and wa-remit the tax kwa gava.

To learn more here are two sites with in-depth details explaining this na vile kama freelancer unaweza declare hii tax kwa KRA returns.

https://bit.ly/3Qb8oO2 https://bit.ly/3O3IGbl

And here is the tweet in case you want to join the conversation, https://bit.ly/3QrpY0r

So what is your views on Tax ya freelancers?