The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Ebonyi state, has decried the absence of manufacturing companies in Abakaliki, the state capital, a development it said was the challenge facing it. Kenneth Effiong, tax controller, Abakaliki, MTSO FIRS, who spoke to our correspondent in Abakaliki, also told this paper that majority of taxpayers in the state […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is the main agency of the government charged with responsibility of accessing, collecting and accounting for tax and other revenues accruing to the Federal Government. There is no doubt that in the last few years, there has been tremendous improvement and increase in tax collection due to some reforms