CURRICULUM VITAE – Dixon Gitau 
Name of Firm: Goal Advisory (A) Limited
Profession: Financial/Tax consultant
Date of Birth: 1985
Nationality: Kenyan
Key Qualifications:
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) Hons University of Nairobi
Work experience:
- Jan 2010 to date: Director, Goal Advisory Limited
- April 2008 to November 2008: Tax Manager, Goal Consulting Limited
Key Experience and background
Dixon holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Nairobi and is a qualified Accountant. He has over 10 years’ experience in providing Tax consultancy services
He has considerable experience in both corporate and personal taxation including both consultancy and compliance work
Before joining Goal advisory, Dixon was an audit senior and tax consultant with Goal Consulting Limited.
Dixon is a committed professional, diligent and focused on ensuring that clients obtain value.
Key assignments and roles:
Selected specific experience in the areas of corporate finance and business advisory,
taxation consultancy and audit is outlined below;
Key Assignments under Goal Advisory
2009 to Date; Sivad Construction Company Limited
Sivad is a Construction Company with major projects across the country
As the Tax manager, I ensured;
- that the annual audit is done within four months after year end
- Ensuring proper computation and remittance of taxes and statutory deductions i.e. VAT, PAYE, NSSF and NHIF
- Tax consultancy services
- Training on Tax and accounting
- Bank confirmations are done on time
- The client is generally tax compliant and with other statutory deductions
- That the VAT refunds are audited within the required time and active follow up of the claims.
2010 – Date : Pollen Limited
VAT Refund audit and follow up
At Pollen, I have offered the following services as the lead Manager;
- VAT refund audits
- Review the VAT refund claimed filled to the revenue authority for correctness and accuracy.
- Review all the supporting documentation supporting the claim
- Engage the relevant KRA officials attached to the claim.
- Follow up the claim to with the aim of the funds refunded back to you.
- Report progress on Weekly basis.
Tax computations
- Preparation of the corporate tax computations;
- For subsequent years, review the draft tax computations (prepared by management) to assess the tax provisions to be included in the company’s annual statutory accounts.
- Preparation and computation of the deferred tax as per the
- IFRS;
- Review the company’s position at the time of determining the instalment tax
- payments;
- Notifying the company, you or your duly authorized representative of:
- the dates on which the instalment tax payments are due;
- the bases that are available for computing the instalment tax liabilities;
iii. the basis that we recommend for paying the instalment tax; and
- The amount of instalment tax payable.
- Prepare and submit the annual self – assessment return (SAR), and the required
- attachments including the signed audited accounts and tax computation to the KRA;
- Deal with routine queries from the KRA on issues relating directly to the SARs
- submitted from the time we are appointed the tax agents.
2010 – Date : Kenya Cuttings Limited
VAT Refund
At Kenya Cuttings, I have offered the following services as the lead Manager;
- VAT refund audits
- Review the VAT refund claimed filled to the revenue authority for correctness and accuracy.
- Review all the supporting documentation supporting the claim
- Engage the relevant KRA officials attached to the claim.
- Follow up the claim to with the aim of the funds refunded back to you.
- Report progress on Weekly basis.
Tax computations
- Preparation of the corporate tax computations;
- For subsequent years, review the draft tax computations (prepared by management) to assess the tax provisions to be included in the company’s annual statutory accounts.
- Preparation and computation of the deferred tax as per the
- IFRS;
- Review the company’s position at the time of determining the instalment tax
- payments;
- Notifying the company you or your duly authorized representative of:
- the dates on which the instalment tax payments are due;
- the bases that are available for computing the instalment tax liabilities;
iii. the basis that we recommend for paying the instalment tax; and
- The amount of instalment tax payable.
- Prepare and submit the annual self – assessment return (SAR), and the required
- attachments including the signed audited accounts and tax computation to the KRA;
- Deal with routine queries from the KRA on issues relating directly to the SARs
- submitted from the time we are appointed the tax agents.
2013 to Date; Envirosafe Limited
Envirosafe is a waste management company with operations across the country
As the Audit and Tax manager, I ensured;
- that the annual audit is done within four months after year end
- Ensuring proper computation and remittance of taxes and statutory deductions i.e. VAT, PAYE, NSSF and NHIF
- Tax consultancy services
- Training on Tax and accounting
- Bank confirmations are done on time
- The client is generally tax compliant and with other statutory deductions
- That the VAT refunds are audited within the required time and active follow up of the claims.