March 26, 2019

Implications of FGN’s Increase of VAT Rate to Pay for the New Minimum Wage

The Minister for Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma and the Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Babatunde Fowler hinted during an interactive session with the National Assembly on Tuesday 19 March 2019 that VAT rate is likely to go up to enable government fund the new minimum wage of N30,000 per month approved by […]

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FIRS Resumes “Freezing” of Taxpayers’ Bank Accounts

Summary Following the suspension of lien placed on the bank accounts of alleged non-compliant taxpayers in February 2019, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed banks in Nigeria to resume restriction of bank accounts of a number of taxpayers for alleged non-payment of taxes effective 15 March 2019. Details Earlier in the year, the

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Anderson Tax Unveils Report on Transfer Pricing

Anderson Tax Wednesday launched its review on Transfer Pricing (TP) Development in Africa, in Lagos. The 45-page report was aimed at providing tax payers and investors with the required insight into TP in Sub-Sahara African countries, particularly Nigeria. Addressing journalists, the Chairman, Anderson Tax Africa, Mr. Seyi Bickersteth, said the “report presents our findings from

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CAC’s Cost-friendly Business Registration Exercise Ends This Month

The cost-friendly Business Incentive Strategy (BIS) rolled out in October last year by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), would end this month. The BIS is primarily to ensure formalization of businesses by MSMEs for the overall benefit of the economy. The Commission has so far registered over 73,000 companies in the last three months under

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