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dc.contributor.authorWanjiru, Rose
dc.contributor.authorWanyagathi Maina, Anne
dc.contributor.authorOnsomu, Eldah
dc.contributor.authorStewart-Wilson, Graeme
dc.coverage.spatialKenyaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-05T10:40:51Z
dc.date.available2019-04-05T10:40:51Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-05
dc.identifier.citationWanjiru, R; Wanyagathi Maina, A; Onsomu, E. and Stewart-Wilson, G. (2019) Local Government Property Tax Administration and Collaboration with Central Government: Case Studies of Kiambu, Laikipia and Machakos Counties, Kenya, ICTD Working Paper 95, Brighton, IDSen
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78118-544-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/14448
dc.description.abstractProperty taxes are a major source of revenue at sub-national levels in most countries, but their administration is complex, and in most cases the process involves both national and sub-national governments. In Kenya, county governments have legislative authority to levy property taxes and the responsibility to finance some of the cost of the services they provide. This study examines existing and potential areas of collaboration between national and county governments in property tax administration using case studies of Kiambu, Laikipia and Machakos Counties. The identified challenges that counties face in property tax administration include weak collection systems, infrastructure, administrative and technical capacity, and weak links between taxes and service delivery. The counties in this study also did not obtain complete land registers from the defunct local authorities, and some did not have complete and updated property valuation registers. Further, some of the existing valuation rolls are outdated and weakly automated. This scenario contributes to poor tax administration, revenue leakage and inefficiencies. These challenges present potential areas for collaboration between national and county governments in property tax administration, including through information and data sharing, capacity building, automation, mapping, zoning and updating of valuation rolls and land registers.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIDSen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesICTD Working Paper;95
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectFinanceen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleLocal Government Property Tax Administration and Collaboration with Central Government: Case Studies of Kiambu, Laikipia and Machakos Counties, Kenyaen
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)en
dc.rights.holder© Institute of Development Studies 2019en
dc.identifier.teamGovernanceen
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