I registered a company in Nov 2011 and got a PIN. I however never traded with it and I am now in the process of 'kuitoa kwa mawe' can someone tell me what I need to do as far as KRA is concerned? coz i need/want a valid tax compliance cert. at what point am I eligible to apply for VAT? do I need to apply for PAYE if I have 3 staff members only?

this helps thanks

I can answer my own question on this one: YUP!! I got the tax clearance. :)

What did you have to do/present?

iKenya, I just went with my PIN number and a form requesting for tax compliance cert. The only issue I had was that when filing last year's return, I did not attach my tax relief from my insurer so it reflected as if I owe some amount in taxes. So I went to my insurers, got a copy of the tax relief, took it to them and they ammended their records, and I got my compliance cert.

This year I filed the returns online. I asked them whether the tax relief cert will bring issues next year since I did not attach it in the return. They said no, if the system did not give me an error in that part for tax relief, then am good to go.

So I'm waiting for next year to verify that assertion.