Value-Added Tax on Cleaner Cooking Solutions in Kenya: Costs outweigh benefits and impede national climate and sustainable development goals
This brief explores the impacts of the Government of Kenya’s (GoK) 2020 decision to levy VAT on the clean cooking sector, analyzing the likely impacts on stove and fuel use, the likely consequences for stove and fuel companies operating in Kenya, and the trade-off between revenue gains to the GoK and the corresponding negative impact of these taxes on households and society.
