Kenyans have only five hours to file their taxes.
Those who miss the deadline will accrue charges of Sh20,000 for every day that counts, compared to last year’s Sh1,000.
"Use the little time left to file your tax returns by logging onto iTax," Kenya Revenue Authority wrote on Twitter on Friday.
The taxman extended its working hours for the day for the public to get help, but urged them to avoid unnecessary penalties.
People interviewed by The Star and others on social media said they were yet to file their returns.
A joke in Kenya goes that many like to do things at the last minute.
"I will file the returns later on. Right now I am really busy but I will make sure I do that," said Emily.
Jatelo wants KRA to help him reset his password so he can access his emails.
Social media user Joseph Karanja told the authority he needed help urgently.
"I am having a problem with my date of birth on the KRA portal and dates on the national registry. How can I solve this?" he asked.
Their concerns are valid but they come at a bad time.
In addition, Kenyans do not know they spend about an hour and six minutes a day working for the government.
According to TaxClock Kenya, if you earn at Sh20,000 a month it means you earn Sh119 per hour.
This translates to paying Sh2,758 a month in taxes, which is Sh131 a day.
This leaves such a citizen about six hours to do his or her job, on the regular 8am to 5pm schedule.
About 1.8 million Kenyans had filed tax returns two days to the June 30 deadline set by the authority.
This was against 1.1 million Kenyans who filed their returns within the same period last year.
The taxman estimated the figure would hit 100,000 returns per day as the deadline drew closer.
The Treasury expects KRA to collect Sh1.7 trillion in ordinary revenue in the financial year 2017-18 from July.
Read: Why wait? File early returns
Try it for yourself, how many hours do you work for the government?
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