Kenya
Corporate Guide
If there is no requirement to have a local director or shareholder in Kenya, what is a foreigner required to do to register a company for tax purposes and other similar post-incorporation registrations?
A foreigner who owns a company in Kenya has the following options to enable them to register the newly incorporated company for tax in Kenya:
- appoint a local director who will be the principal tax contact for the company; or
- obtain their own KRA personal identification number (PIN) which will then be used in the company's tax registration application.
The other post-incorporation registrations in the previous question do not require local directors to apply for them.
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