KRA Rental Income Tax Reports for Landlords
Your monthly MRI figure for KRA, ready to file: rent received from M-Pesa, bank and cash totalled automatically, with the 7.5% tax worked out for iTax.
The 20th Comes Round Every Month
Monthly Rental Income (MRI) tax is due by the 20th of every month, on the rent you received the month before. Simple rule. But to file it you need the real number, and your records are scattered across notebooks, M-Pesa messages, and bank statements.
The Manual Calculation Struggle
You hire an accountant or spend hours doing it yourself, adding up every M-Pesa payment, bank transfer and cash payment for the month, then working out 7.5% of it.
Common mistakes:
- • Forgetting to include some M-Pesa payments
- • Declaring rent billed instead of rent received
- • Treating the KES 288,000 threshold as monthly (it's yearly)
- • Late filing penalties
Cost of getting it wrong: KRA penalties + interest + accountant fees
Plus the stress of wondering if KRA will come knocking
Click, Download, File
KodiSawa records your rent as it comes in throughout the month. On filing day, open the Monthly MRI report: your rent total and the 7.5% tax are already worked out, broken down by property and unit, ready to type into iTax.
What's Included
- Gross Rental Income: All M-Pesa, bank, and cash payments totaled by month
- Tax Calculation: MRI at the flat 7.5% of gross residential rent
- Annual Summary: Twelve months of rent and MRI in one view, for your records or your accountant
- Per-Property Breakdown: If you have multiple properties, see each one separately
Filing becomes a five-minute job
Or share the report with your accountant and let them file
Monthly Rental Income (MRI) tax applies to rental income from residential properties in Kenya. Here's how it works:
The MRI Rate
No Deductions Under MRI
- • No expenses, repairs or agent fees deducted
- • It's a final tax: not declared again annually
- • Commercial rent, and rent over KES 15M a year, go in the annual return instead
- • You can elect out of MRI by notifying KRA three months before your year ends
Tax Filing in 30 Minutes Instead of 3 Days
“Last year, I paid my accountant KES 35,000 to compile rental income records and file MRI tax. This year, I generated the KodiSawa report, shared it with him, and he filed in 30 minutes. He only charged me KES 5,000 for the filing itself.”
Property manager (composite example, not a named customer)
What Our Users Say
Composite examples of common setups, not quotes from a named customer.
"The KRA reports saved me KES 30,000 in accountant fees this year. Everything is itemized and ready for filing."
Property Manager, Kileleshwa
"I manage properties for multiple owners. KodiSawa generates separate tax reports for each — makes my job so much easier."
Property Management Agency
"I was terrified of making MRI tax mistakes and getting KRA penalties. Now KodiSawa calculates everything correctly."
Landlord, Eastlands
Frequently Asked Questions
Our reports give you the figures the monthly MRI return on iTax asks for: the gross rent received in the month and the 7.5% tax on it. We follow KRA rate changes, such as the move from 10% to 7.5% in January 2024.
You can generate reports for any period where you have data in KodiSawa. If you're importing historical data, you'll be able to generate past reports too.
No. KodiSawa generates the figures. You or your accountant file on iTax, so you stay in full control of your tax filing.
MRI is a flat 7.5% of the gross residential rent you received in the month, with no deductions, so that is exactly what KodiSawa calculates.
Yes. You can log property expenses with receipt attachments. They do not reduce MRI, which allows no deductions, but they show your real profit and let you check whether leaving MRI for regular tax would be cheaper.
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