Audited accounts, bookkeeping and KRA returns for Kenyan suppliers: the books that keep your Tax Compliance Certificate issued

What the service covers

Two things in a tender depend on the books. Most tenders ask for audited accounts for the last two or three years as evidence of financial capacity. And the Tax Compliance Certificate, which almost every tender requires, is only issued when returns are filed and there are no arrears, or an approved payment plan.

We prepare financial statements and coordinate the audit with a partner firm registered with ICPAK, which signs the opinion; keep monthly books from your bank and M-Pesa statements; work out and file payroll deductions (PAYE, NSSF, SHIF, Affordable Housing Levy, NITA); file VAT, withholding, turnover, corporation and nil returns; clear a KRA backlog so a TCC can be issued; file company annual returns with the Business Registration Service; and claim VAT refunds or object to assessments in time.

When you need it

• A tender asks for audited accounts you do not have
• iTax shows missing returns or arrears and the TCC application is refused
• Monthly returns are being filed late and penalties are accruing
• A lender or a joint-venture partner wants statements it can read

What we need from you

• Bank and M-Pesa statements, invoices and receipts for the period
• Payroll details for the deductions
• iTax access arranged on your own account for filings; we never hold your credentials
• Previous accounts and returns, where they exist

How it works, step by step

• Choose the work from the services page: audit, bookkeeping, payroll, a return, clean-up or advice.
• We quote a one-off job or a monthly retainer; you pay by M-Pesa.
• Books are set up and closed each month; returns are filed before the deadline.
• For audited accounts, we prepare the statements and the partner firm audits and signs; the signed accounts go to your vault.
• For a clean-up, the backlog is filed, arrears resolved and the TCC applied for and uploaded.

What it costs

Quoted by the volume of transactions and the years involved; monthly work is usually a retainer. The audit firm's fee is shown on the quote. Taxes, penalties and interest are paid by you directly to KRA and the funds; Tendakazi never holds them.

Mistakes it prevents

• A TCC application refused for one missing nil return
• Audited accounts dated after the tender's closing date, or for the wrong years
• Penalties and interest on late PAYE or VAT that then block the TCC
• Withholding VAT credits never claimed back

How it fits the rest of Tendakazi

The signed accounts and the Tax Compliance Certificate land in the vault, where tenders check them. A gap report that lists stale accounts or an expired TCC links straight to this service, and statutory renewals pick up the certificate each year.

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