September 12, 2019

Higher VAT From Infrastructure Investment

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and other African countries’ tax agencies are strategising to ensure owners of infrastructure investments in the continent are properly taxed, especially in the aspect of Value Added Tax (VAT). Over a trillion dollars is slated for investment towards infrastructure development over the next 10 years in the continent. Speaking […]

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FIRS sets date for start of online transaction VAT

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will begin to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on online transactions, both domestic and international, from January 2020. The chairman of FIRS, Tunde Fowler, disclosed this at the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) Technical Workshop on VAT on Monday in Abuja. Mr Fowler said many countries had

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Outrage as government makes N60b from new equity tax regime

With the resumption of Value Added Tax (VAT) collection from stock market transactions, investors will return at least N60.11 billion into government coffers in one year. The move, however, has drawn criticism from some stakeholders who said it would amount to double taxation. The Federal Government had in 2014 granted a tax holiday on all

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