Abel Mutua calls out Government intent to double tax content creators

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.

The 36-year-old claims that since content creators already pay taxes in some form or another, it doesn’t seem fair to take what is left of their income.

“What people don’t know is the fact that before we get our money from YouTube, YouTube has already taken 45 per cent. So because I am earning quite a bit from YouTube does that mean you double tax me? That’s the problem there.

I don’t see any content creator who is not being taxed. If they are getting their money from YouTube already 45 per cent has been taken away. If they are getting they money from endorsements from the corporate, I am sure they are paying withholding tax there. So why double tax them that’s the problem.”

In opposition to the new Finance Act’s provisions requiring content creators to pay tax, Mutua claimed that a lot of the discussion surrounding those provisions is based on ignorance.