Mr. Herrad Makali is employed as a senior manager with Brook Enterprises Ltd. He holds 18% of the company's controlling interest. Required: (i) Total taxable income of...

      

Mr. Herrad Makali is employed as a senior manager with Brook Enterprises Ltd. He holds 18% of the company's controlling interest.
The following details relate to Mr. Makali for the year ended 31 December 2013.

1. Basic salary Sh.82, 000 per month (PAYE Sh. 18,400 per month).
2. Benefits in kind for the year amounted to Sh.48, 000.
3. He was provided with a company car of 2000 cc whose cost was Sh.700, 000. The car was leased by the company at a monthly rent of Sh.24, 000. He also received a monthly fuel allowance of Sh.10, 000 for the car.
4. He was provided with a house by the employer. The house is rented from one of the company's directors at Sh40, 000 per month. The electricity is supplied from a generator installed by the company, the monthly expenses in relation to the generator amounted to Sh.30, 000.
5. On 1 May 2013, he moved to his own house which he had constructed through a 12% mortgage loan of Sh.2, 000,000. The loan had been obtained from National Housing Corporation on 1 October 2012.
6. He is a member of a registered pension scheme where he contributes Sh.18, 000 per month with the employer contributing an equal amount for him.
7. On 1October 2013, he secured an education insurance policy for his child at an annual premium of Sh.72, 000 payable by the company.
8. He reported a farming income of Sh. 98,000 after presumptive tax.
9. He was out of work station for 5 days for which he was paid per diem of Sh.4, 600 per day.

Required:
(i) Total taxable income of Mr Herrad Makali for the year ended 31 December 2013.
(ii) Tax due on the taxable income calculated in (i) above.
(iii) Comment on any information not used in your computations under (i) above.

  

Answers


Wilfred
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iii) Information not used in determining taxable income
- Car benefits considered only the hiring cost only and cc rating, but cost of the car was not considered as it is hired and not owned.
- Monthly expenses for the generator not considered. The prescribed rates prescribed the commissioner were used as it is communal.
- Presumptive tax is final tax for individuals.
Wilfykil answered the question on February 13, 2019 at 08:51


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