LinkedIn hikes subscription rates for Kenyan users | Pulse Nigeria

LinkedIn users in Kenya will now pay additional membership fees to access special features or services on the career-focused and jobs advertising social media platform. Business Insider Africa gathered that the company hiked its membership rates, with effect from May 11th, following the implementation of a 16% value added tax (VAT) on digital transactions in the East African country. Part of a communique by LinkedIn to this effect said: “We want to provide you with an important tax update related to Kenya tax that will impact your LinkedIn purchase(s). Kenya has introduced tax at 16 percent on e-Services. In order to comply with these laws and regulations, this tax will be added to your current LinkedIn purchase starting on May 11, 2022”. The communique further noted that users who provide their valid PIN IDs will not be subject to the tax. That’s because “if a valid Kenya tax number has been provided, this will be accepted by LinkedIn as notification of your responsibility to account for VAT under the reverse charge mechanism.” This clearly shows that LinkedIn is pushing the costs of the VAT to its Kenyan users instead of incurring them. Do note that LinkedIn is not the only…
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