How to Reset Your Kenya Revenue Authority iTax password Online

How to Retrieve your iTax Password Online

The tax man would be on your case around June, well by then you should actually have filed your tax returns on the new iTax system. Considering that iTax is new, you probably just signed up and never thought of keeping the iTax password for future use.  These happens even to the very best of us, we have many passwords remembering the iTax password is the last thing on our mind. Well worry not, let’s try and figure out how to retrieve the iTax password in case you have forgotten it. In simple steps, here is how to use the “forgot password” button on the Kenya Revenue Authority iTax website.

What you  need

  • Your KRA pin number
  • Working email plan (this would be the email address used to sign up on iTax)
  • Answer to the security question set when signing up (You will find this details in the email address used for iTax) :- admin.iTax@kra.go.ke

Procedure

  1. Go to the iTax portal page
  2. Go to “enter pin or user id” on the left upper part the page fill in your pin and click continue
  3. On the bottom left of the page click on the “Forgot Password or unlock account”

    KRA FORGOT PASSword 2
    KRA forgot password/unlock account
  4. A new window opens here pick your security question from the drop down menu
  5. Provide the answer to the security question and click submit
  6. A reset password will be sent to your email address
  7. Check your email address after sometime. Log in with the reset password
  8. It will prompt you to change the password to something you will remember

 

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114 Comments

  1. john

    i am anable to login in my kwa portal, how do i do that?

  2. Fielden Kipng'etich

    I can’t remember my email password neither do I remember my kra password can you push the kra password to this email kipngetichfielden@gmail.com

    • Samuel

      Kindly visit any KRA branch in town and state your problem. If its changing your main e-mail address then they will do it for you. Mine was recently changed because of the same problem. Go they will help u.

  3. Martin Oyieko

    I am trying to log in to my KRA portal, but I don’t know old password, can you please help me?

    • Hellen

      how do i get my old password

  4. Jaffar Mbugua Njenga

    i want to change the email i used to apply for my KRA PIN since i cannot access it does not exist now thats why i want to reset my KRA i-tax password

    • Hi
      You have four option ..call,email,use kra online help or visit your nearest KRA office…

  5. Jaffar Mbugua Njenga

    i want to reset my KRA i-tax pass word since i cannot access the email i used to apply for my KRA PIN it is no longer existing.

  6. charles

    Hi. i have managed to set the password. The old password refers to the password sent to the email by the kra system and not the forgotten password.

  7. charles

    i have followed you instructions but i am unable to complete the process because I am requested to enter the old password i cannot remember. what do i do please

  8. ANITA

    fORGOTTEN MY PASSWORD AND I NO LONGER USE THE OLD E-MAIL ADDRESS

  9. peter irungu kanyuira

    i forgot my password.would you please assist with a new password?

  10. Harrison Kyalo

    Your office at railways club has given me a password that is not valid our pin is P051473121R we need to file returm\ns the old email is invalid as at now .plz send password to hmumangi@yahoo.com. I had requested for a change from XPLODMIC@GMAIL.COM

  11. Harrison Kyalo

    Im not able to log in after being given password by your office at Railway club our pin is P051473121R and i had requested the email to be changed to hmumangi@yahoo.com but on check in the system they have not changed.I need to reset my password to file returns

  12. betty

    i can remember my password how can i reset my password without the security question.

  13. shirleen

    Goodmorning,
    I have never gotten the email that has my password.kindly assist

  14. Ole Gathy

    Kindly if i reset my password because i could not remember it, how again am i required to put the old password to complete the reset process? stuck here, kindly help.

    • Anytime you reset, the password is send to your email. Check your inbox for an email from kra and us that to login.

  15. japheth nzuuve

    remind me my kra password plz 0708811970

  16. Hi, i have already forgot password and the new password was send to my email, still when i user the new password it tells me, invalid username or password please assist i have dont reset of password over 5 times but i cant login. thank you.

  17. Fred Orone

    Kindly assist me access my Itax password

  18. Fred Orone

    Kindly assist me to access my KRA passwaord

  19. hello, i forgot my password. i have contacted the kra and have been sent the new password but it is not working.

    resetting my password is not working at all. please help

  20. Samuel

    Hi I have reset my password twice from yesterday and today and when i try the new password given is still not logging me in..”please check your password”

    • James

      Hey
      Try using the on screen keyboard to type in the password.

  21. ANN

    And i can’t remember it. How will i get the password for the KRA Web portal. Kindly assist.

  22. ANN

    Hi,i no longer use the email address which i used when i was registering my KRA PIN.

  23. cynthia

    i was sent a new password but i still cant log in since i forgot my old password.help

  24. Eunice

    I have gone to the recovery page, but after putting in my id and it automatically says your password has been sent to your email address, but when i check my email it has no password.

  25. Francis mungethu njenga

    I forgot the pass word

  26. caleb munyoki kisunza

    please i forgot my password sent me.

  27. Tanui Kipkorir

    Should I share my itax password when asked by my employer?

  28. Tanui Kipkorir

    Hii.Can I share my I tax password with my employer?

  29. Alfred

    Please Send Me My Password

  30. samuel

    if my password was sent to my old email address that i cant remember its password either,can that password be sent to my new email?

  31. Soloo Kim

    I have tried to reset two itax portal accounts passwords with yahoo mail but the return itax admin mail with the reset password never shows up, how can i solve this??????

  32. jane njoroge

    How do I sign up in itax

  33. enrich musyoka

    requesting for KRA password via new e-mail

  34. clady cheruiyot

    please send me password

    • Contact your local KRA office and give them your ID number to get details of your PIN or send an email to ControlRoom@kra.go.ke . Alternatively, you may contact our KRA Online support staff on this number: 020 2815059

      Once you get your PIN number, you can register online and print the PIN details on any available printer.

  35. ERASTUS MUTUKU

    i was send my kra password but it cant open again.what can i do?

  36. Yvonne Akinyi

    My password was sent to an old email address which I don’t remember the password, can my password be sent to my new email address? yveakinyi@yahoo.com.

  37. beatrice machoka

    WHEN AM TRYING TO file kra returns.it is asking for old and new password yet i know only the new/help please

  38. ismail maalim

    i remeber my company pin&password.but when i try nil return.it show me that the account user name.i able to log in.some time era.

  39. Rose Ochieng

    I haven’t received the password

  40. Eunice

    I have followed the procedure above and I still can not reset my password am being asked to re-enter old password which I forgot

  41. Lilly Omondi

    The Itax portal does not give me the option of “Forgot Password or unlock account” how then can I reset the password

  42. Faith Gitobu

    i have followed the procedure to reset the itax password and received it on my email, bit now i am being asked about the old password which i cant remember

  43. maridhia shee

    hallo. i have followed the procedure but i havent recieved any email.

    i am not sure which email address is listed on your portal.

    regards,

    M

  44. carolyn

    I cant even remember my old password how can I reset it without being asked it..

  45. Jeff

    Why you are prompted to submit your old password. You are unlocking the portal because you forgot that same password. It doesn’t make sense.

    • James

      Hi
      You don’t need your old password for this procedure ….were you prompted for your old password?

      • Catherine

        same here. I am resetting the password because I can’t remember the old one. why am i being prompted to put the old password?

  46. James

    Oscar have you tried the procedure above? What reply are you getting?

  47. Oscar Nayere Wakoli

    am unable to reset my password, kindly assist.

  48. James

    Hi Evans ….Please follow the procedure above.

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