US Citizen, in Kenya as a contractor providing personal services, for Italian-based company. Working to determine whether he should be paid from Italy (Italian tax law) or from Kenya using Kenyan tax law. Foreign-earned income exclusion will apply, but withholding laws of either country?
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Tim Mweu
Chargeable income:
Amount paid to a person who is, or was at the time of employment or when the services were rendered, a resident person in respect of any employment or services rendered by him in Kenya or outside Kenya.
A non-resident person in respect of any employment with or services rendered to an employer who is resident in Kenya or the permanent establishment in Kenya of an employer who is not resident, shall be deemed to have accrued in or to have been derived from Kenya.
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Amount paid to a person who is, or was at the time of employment or when the services were rendered, a resident person in respect of any employment or services rendered by him in Kenya or outside Kenya.
A non-resident person in respect of any employment with or services rendered to an employer who is resident in Kenya or the permanent establishment in Kenya of an employer who is not resident, shall be deemed to have accrued in or to have been derived from Kenya.