3 Places Where You Can Apply for a KRA PIN

Where can I get a KRA PIN? That is a question often posed by individuals who have been told that they need to have KRA PIN, for certain things to go through. So this may be an individual who was trying to open a bank account in Kenya, only to be told that he needs to have a KRA PIN. Or it may be an individual who has gotten a new job, only to be told that he needs to have a KRA PIN, before they can be on-boarded. Or it may be a person who was trying to undertake a land sale transaction, or any other type of transaction that requires KRA PIN.

So, indeed, where can someone apply for a KRA PIN?

Well, if you have a computer at home, you can use it to apply for a KRA PIN by yourself. That is just a matter of going to the KRA iTax portal (itax.kra.go.ke), clicking to indicate that you wish to apply for a KRA PIN, and going ahead to fill in the KRA PIN application form with the required information.

Another place you can go to apply for a KRA PIN is a cybercafé. So you just go to a cyber café, tell the people there that you want to have them help you with KRA PIN application. Then they fill in the KRA PIN application form for you, culminating in you being issued with a KRA PIN certificate.

Yet another place where you can go to apply for a KRA PIN is a Huduma center. You find that in most Huduma centers, there is a desk that is dedicated to KRA issues. So you can just present yourself at the said KRA issues desk at a Huduma Center and proceed to apply for a KRA PIN there.

There is yet another option, of going to the KRA offices, and applying for a KRA PIN there. This option can be particularly useful if your KRA PIN application process is presenting complications. So faced with such complications, you find that it is only the KRA people who can help you – hence the need for you to visit the nearest KRA office for PIN application. But if there are no problems in your KRA PIN application, then you can do it by yourself at a cyber cafe or using your computer at home. You thus save time and energy.