The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is betting on a single
filing system with Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for employee statutory
deductions to stop employers not remitting pension savings.
The
taxman is working on a unified returns portal for pay as you earn
(PAYE) and other payslip deductions like NSSF, National Hospital
Insurance Fund and Higher Education Loans Board.
The
four statutory remissions are currently filed separately, making it
possible for employers to evade remitting deductions such as the Sh400
monthly NSSF contributions.
NSSF managing trustee
Anthony Omerikwa says a single portal will increase transparency, making
it possible to know employers who are remitting deductions such as PAYE
but leaving out pension.
Employers had failed to remit
Sh5.6 billion to the NSSF as at June 2018, putting at risk the benefits
of thousands of workers who retire.
“The portal will allow all the four institutions to see
statutory payments coming from a particular employer. When we see a gap,
it will be easier to follow. This will solve the problem of
non-remittances,” said Mr Omerikwa in an interview.
The
KRA’s online system of filing returns, i-Tax, captures returns of
individual taxpayers, making it hard to match employees with their
respective companies on real time basis.
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