肯尼亚数字资产行业智囊团大量税收税，过度合规成本

虚拟资产商会（VACC）对最近提议的虚拟资产和虚拟资产服务提供商2025年法案表示了提出的提议。

A Kenyan digital asset sector think tank has slammed the country’s high taxation and excessive compliance costs in its policy recommendations to the government.

肯尼亚数字资产部门智囊团在其对政府的政策建议中抨击了该国的高税收和过高的合规成本。

The Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce (VACC) voiced its proposals in response to the recently proposed Virtual Asset and Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill 2025, presented by the country’s Treasury last month. The bill is the first comprehensive framework to police the burgeoning sector, with proposals including a licensing regime, taxation policies and investor protection measures.

虚拟资产商会（VACC）对最近提议的虚拟资产和虚拟资产服务提供商的2025年法案提出了提议，该法案由该国上个月的财政部提出。该法案是监管新兴部门的第一个综合框架，其提案包括许可制度，税收政策和投资者保护措施。

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Like many other stakeholders, VACC voiced its support for robust regulations for the sector, noting that this would provide “much-needed clarity for businesses and investors, ensuring Kenya remains competitive in the global digital economy.”

与许多其他利益相关者一样，VACC表达了对该行业强大的法规的支持，并指出这将为企业和投资者提供急需的清晰度，并确保肯尼亚在全球数字经济中保持竞争力。”

However, it condemned the proposed 3% digital asset tax, which it says exceeds the global standards. It added that Indonesia is the only other country with a similar tax, and even then, it’s capped at 0.1%-0.2%.

但是，它谴责了拟议的3％数字资产税，该税超过了全球标准。它补充说，印度尼西亚是唯一有类似税收的国家，即使那样，它也限制为0.1％-0.2％。

“The industry can’t survive a tax that is ten to thirty times higher than standard exchange trading fees and far exceeds our customers’ profit margins,” warned Allan Kakai, the VACC director.

VACC总监Allan Kakai警告说：“该行业无法幸免于税收比标准交易交易费高十到三十倍，并且远远超过了我们的客户的利润率。”

“This tax threatens to make the industry fundamentally unviable, leaving regulators with nothing to regulate or tax. An immediate resolution is critical.”

“这项税收有可能使该行业从根本上不可行，使监管机构无需进行监管或税收。立即解决至关重要。”

The proposed high tax is typical of the Kenyan government’s approach over the past three years. Since the ruling Kenya Kwanza administration took office, it has ramped up taxes in every sector of the economy to meet its ambitious development targets, causing uproar and demonstrations from the public.

拟议的高税是肯尼亚政府在过去三年中的典型方法。自执政的肯尼亚宽扎政府就职以来，它已经加大了经济领域的税收，以实现其雄心勃勃的发展目标，从而引起轩然大波和公众的示威游行。

However, the government might feel emboldened in its approach due to its success in 2024. The country’s taxman revealed it had collected $78 million from the digital asset sector last year from less than 400 digital asset dealers. With Kenya being home to over four million digital asset owners, the tax authority believes it can squeeze much more out of the sector.

但是，由于其在2024年的成功，政府可能会感到勇敢的方法。该国的税务员透露，去年，该国从数字资产行业收取了7800万美元，从不到400个数字资产经销商那里收取了7800万美元。肯尼亚是超过四百万的数字资产所有者的家，税务局认为它可以从该行业中挤出更多。

Kenya is not the only nation struggling with digital asset taxes. In India, investors must pay a 30% tax on profits and a 4% surcharge, which the sector has been decrying as excessive for years. South Korea has been forced to postpone its tax regime for seven years due to public uproar, while Italy was forced to trim a proposed 42% tax following industry protests.

肯尼亚并不是唯一在数字资产税中挣扎的国家。在印度，投资者必须支付30％的利润税和4％的附加费，该行业多年来一直谴责这一税。由于公众骚动，韩国被迫将其税收制度推迟了七年，而在行业抗议活动后，意大利被迫修剪拟议的42％税。

‘Align with MiCA, cut excessive compliance costs’

“与云母保持一致，削减过度合规成本”

Beyond the taxes, VACC called on the Kenyan government to adopt a balanced regulatory approach that aligns with global best practices, such as the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework. MiCA took full effect at the end of last year, making the EU’s 27 members among the first globally to have a comprehensive regulatory framework for the sector. African nations have long been urged to align their approaches with MiCA to reduce the burden of entirely new regulations.

除税收外，疫苗还要求肯尼亚政府采用平衡的监管方法，该方法与全球最佳实践相吻合，例如欧盟在加密资产中的市场（MICA）框架。云母在去年年底完全生效，这使得欧盟的27名成员在全球第一个为该行业拥有全面的监管框架的成员中。长期以来，一直敦促非洲国家将其方法与云母调整，以减轻全新法规的负担。

Other recommendations included encouraging entrepreneurship, attracting foreign direct investment and a tiered licensing system to cater to various service providers.

其他建议包括鼓励企业家精神，吸引外国直接投资和分层许可系统来满足各种服务提供商。

VACC further proposed a reduction on the “excessive compliance costs,” which it says discourages foreign VASPs from setting up operations in the country and pushes out the smaller local players. Again, this is not unique to the East African nation; in Hong Kong, for instance, the implementation of a new licensing framework two years ago led to a hike in compliance costs, with applicants forking out up to $20 million.

VACC进一步提出了“过度合规成本”的降低，它表示不鼓励外国VASP在该国建立业务，并推出较小的当地参与者。同样，这不是东非国家独有的。例如，在香港，两年前实施新的许可框架的实施导致合规成本增加了，申请人付出了高达2000万美元。

The think tank also called on the government to “provide clear definitions and guidelines to ensure stablecoins drive financial inclusion and economic efficiency.”

智囊团还呼吁政府“提供明确的定义和准则，以确保稳定的核心推动金融包容性和经济效率”。

As with dozens of other African nations, Kenyans have taken to stablecoins in droves over the past two years. Last month, a report from the International Monetary Fund revealed that stablecoins have become especially popular in cross-border payments in the face of dollar shortages and a weakening shilling.

与其他数十个非洲国家一样，肯尼亚人在过去两年中已经陷入困境。上个月，国际货币基金组织的一份报告显示，面对美元短缺和先令弱势，稳定币在跨境支付中变得尤为受欢迎。

In neighboring Uganda, the stablecoin revolution has led to the launch of a local stablecoin, KitePesa, to offer localized solutions to the country’s demand for smooth, efficient and cheap digital payments. Launched on the BSV blockchain, KitePesa is pegged to the Ugandan shilling to reduce volatility in day-to-day transactions.

在邻近的乌干达，Stablecoin革命导致了当地的Stablecoin Kitepesa的推出，为该国对平滑，高效和廉价数字支付的需求提供了本地化解决方案。 Kitepesa在BSV区块链上推出，与乌干达先令挂钩，以减少日常交易中的波动性。

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