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Mwangi wa Cyber

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Nairobi CBD (Tom Mboya St) Sep 02, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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KRA iTax: Filing Monthly Turnover Tax (TOT) returns gives "Server Error 500 in /iTax application"

When uploading the filled TOT Excel macro sheet for February 2026, iTax generates a red banner saying `Error 500: An unexpected error occurred while processing your offline utility`. Other taxpayers are experiencing the same issue today.
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Faith Wanjiku Government Portal Specialist
3 hours ago
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This is caused by the old iTax macro template version. KRA updated the TOT utility on March 1st with revised gross sales tax bands.

1. Download the latest `TOT_Return_v2.4.zip` directly from iTax Downloads page.
2. Open Excel > File > Options > Trust Center > Macro Settings > Check **'Trust access to the VBA project object model'**.
3. Unblock the ZIP file properties in Windows File Explorer before extracting.
4. Click Validate and upload the freshly generated zipped XML file.
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