{"id":190818,"date":"2023-06-27T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T11:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=190818"},"modified":"2023-06-27T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T11:47:23","slug":"abel-mutua-calls-out-government-intent-to-double-tax-content-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/abel-mutua-calls-out-government-intent-to-double-tax-content-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"Abel Mutua calls out Government intent to double tax content creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abel Mutua, a writer and content producer, maintains that taxes on the earnings from creative activity should be avoided because they would amount to double taxation.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old claims that since content creators already pay taxes in some form or another, it doesn&#8217;t seem fair to take what is left of their income.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"query-text ng-tns-c3155886891-420 ng-star-inserted\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat people don\u2019t know is the fact that before we get our money from YouTube, YouTube has already taken 45 per cent. 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