Calculators and templates

Calculators that use the same figures as the guides, and documents you can copy and adapt. Nothing you type is sent anywhere — every sum happens on your own device.

Calculators

• Salary calculator

  Work out your take-home pay in Kenya from your gross salary, or the gross you need for a take-home figure, with 2026 PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy.

• Final dues calculator

  What you are owed when a job in Kenya ends - salary to your last day, untaken leave, pay in lieu of notice and redundancy severance.

• Leave calculator

  Work out how much annual leave you have built up under Kenya's Employment Act, and how much is left to take this year.

• Overtime calculator

  Work out overtime pay in Kenya - one and a half times the hourly rate on working days, double on rest days and public holidays.

• Household staff calculator

  What a house manager, nanny, gardener or askari takes home and what they cost you in Nairobi, with the minimum wage, housing allowance and statutory deductions.

• Move-in cost calculator

  How much cash you need before you get the keys to a Nairobi rental - first month, deposit, agency fee, utility deposits and moving costs.

• Budget planner

  Plan a monthly budget for Nairobi - rent, tokens, food, transport, family and the rest - and see what is left to save. Saved only in your browser.

• Rental income tax calculator

  Work out monthly residential rental income tax in Kenya - a flat rate on gross rent, filed on iTax by the 20th of the next month.

• Commute calculator

  Compare what a month of commuting in Nairobi costs by matatu, by ride-hailing and by driving your own car.

• Savings calculator

  See how savings grow in a Kenyan money market fund, fixed deposit, Treasury bill or infrastructure bond, after the 15% withholding tax on interest.

• Loan calculator

  Monthly repayments and total interest on a bank, SACCO or car loan in Kenya, and what a flat rate really costs as a reducing-balance rate.

• Mortgage affordability

  Roughly how large a mortgage and home your take-home pay supports in Kenya, with the deposit and stamp duty you need up front.

• Stamp duty calculator

  Work out stamp duty on a house, apartment or land in Kenya - 4% in towns including Nairobi, 2% on rural land - and the total cost of buying.

• Car import duty calculator

  Estimate import duty, excise duty, VAT, the Import Declaration Fee and Railway Development Levy on a used car brought into Kenya.

• VAT calculator

  Add 16% VAT to a price, or work out how much of a price is VAT, for standard-rated goods and services in Kenya.

Templates and checklists

• Contract checklist

  What to check in a Kenyan employment contract before you sign - pay structure, leave, probation, notice, benefits and the clauses worth reading twice.

• Rent receipt

  A receipt template for rent and deposits paid in Kenya, naming the exact period and unit it covers - the paper that settles a dispute later.

• Resignation letter

  A short, professional resignation letter for a Kenyan employer, with the notice rules under the Employment Act and what to sort out before your last day.

• Tenancy agreement

  A plain-English residential tenancy agreement for a flat or house in Kenya, with the clauses that protect a tenant's deposit.

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