Kenya announces eTIMS stock management functionality and requires accurate stock records (KRA notice, 7 September 2026)
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- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Tax
- VAT
- Change type
- E-invoicing
- Status
- Enacted
- Impact
- Plan ahead
- Announced
- 7 September 2026
- Authority
- Kenya Revenue Authority
- Systems
- Invoicing, ERP, POS
- Verified
- Fetched from official source · high confidence
Kenyan taxpayers using TIMS/eTIMS for electronic invoicing, particularly those holding stock.
Confirm ERP/POS stock records can feed the eTIMS stock management module and join the KRA consultation forums.
InvoicingERPPOS
Kenya Revenue Authority public notice of 7 September 2026 states that taxpayers using TIMS/eTIMS must maintain accurate and up to date stock records, announces implementation of the stock management functionality for electronic invoicing, and says consultative forums with the business community were expected to begin in September 2026. No go-live date is stated.
What changed in detail
A Kenya Revenue Authority public notice dated 7 September 2026 states that taxpayers using TIMS/eTIMS must maintain accurate and up-to-date stock records, in accordance with the law. The notice announces implementation of the stock management functionality for electronic invoicing.
It also says that consultative forums with the business community were expected to begin in September 2026. The notice does not state a go-live date for the functionality.
What it means
The notice is a signal, not a switch-on: there is no date, so nothing in the notice itself obliges a system change yet. The sensible reading is to treat stock record keeping as an existing duty that eTIMS will make visible, and to use the announced forums to learn the data requirements. Businesses with weak inventory records are the ones most exposed when the functionality arrives.
Proof
they are required to maintain accurate and up to date stock records while using TIMS/eTIMS in accordance with the law.
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