Compliance and Continuity
Lawful every month, for as long as you are here.
A Kenyan company files something almost every month: payroll remittances, VAT, withholding tax, instalment tax, annual returns and licence renewals. Gate 08 owns that calendar so your team never has to, and keeps your tax compliance certificate, permits and licences current.
- Best for
- Companies already operating in Kenya, and every client after entry.
- Where it sits
- From set-up onward, for the life of your Kenyan operation
- Outcome
- Every filing on time and a tax compliance certificate that stays valid.
- We deal with
- Kenya Revenue Authority, Business Registration Service, County governments, Directorate of Immigration Services
Everything Gate 08 covers.
One compliance calendar, owned by us: tax filings with partner accountants, company secretarial work, renewals, regulatory alerts and orderly exits.
Compliance calendar
Every statutory deadline for your company in one calendar, owned and met by us.
Tax filings
VAT, withholding tax, instalment tax and corporation tax returns, prepared with our partner accountants.
Company secretarial
Annual returns, board and shareholder resolutions, statutory registers and beneficial ownership updates.
Renewals
Tax compliance certificate, county permits, sector licences, work permits and data protection registration, renewed before expiry.
Regulatory alerts
Briefings when a Finance Act, regulation or gazette notice changes what you must do.
Restructuring and exit
Changes of shareholding, restructures and orderly deregistration when plans change.
Five steps, one accountable partner.
Every step is agreed in writing at the start, with a named partner who answers for it.
Compliance audit
We review every registration, filing and licence and fix any gaps.
Calendar set-up
We build your compliance calendar and agree who provides what, and when.
Monthly cycle
We prepare and file the month's returns and remittances and confirm completion.
Quarterly review
We review instalment tax, renewals due and regulatory changes with you.
Annual close
We file annual returns, coordinate the audit and renew annual permits.
Deliverables you can file, audit and act on.
Institutions we handle for you
- Compliance calendar
- Monthly compliance confirmation
- Annual returns and statutory registers
- Renewal certificates on file
About Compliance and Continuity.
If your question is not here, a partner will answer it on a discovery call.
Ask us directlyWe already have an accountant. Why do we need this?
Accountants handle the books and tax returns. Many compliance failures happen elsewhere: a lapsed county permit, a missed beneficial ownership update, an expired work permit or data protection certificate. We work with your accountant and own the whole calendar.
What happens if a deadline is missed?
Penalties and interest apply to most late filings, and some failures block your tax compliance certificate, which tenders, licences and permit renewals depend on. Our first task is a compliance audit that finds and fixes any gaps.
Can you take over from our current provider?
Yes. We run a handover audit, collect your filings and logins, and confirm the calendar with you before we take responsibility.
Read before you decide.
Kenya's compliance calendar for foreign-owned companies
Every recurring filing a Kenyan company faces, from the 9th-of-the-month payroll remittances to annual returns, permit renewals and data protection certificates.
Kenya payroll deductions in 2026: PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and the Housing Levy
The five deductions every Kenyan payroll runs, who pays what, the monthly deadline and a worked example for a KES 150,000 salary.
Sector licensing in Kenya: which regulator licenses what
A regulator-by-regulator index for foreign companies: who licenses finance, telecoms, energy, health, food, construction, transport and more.