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Alleged tax default: FIRS’ action embarrassing – Assemblies of God Church

The Assemblies of God Church, Nigeria, has described as embarrassing the listing of the Church by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, as one of the tax defaulting companies. It was gathered that the Government revenue agency had listed the church alongside 19,901 other accounts that were yet to regularise their tax status. A statement […]

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CAC updates registration for SMEs, others

In line with the ease of doing business policy, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has made changes to the pre-incorporation and post-incorporation processes on its portal. In a statement culled from the Commission’s website, “users will now have an option to check for conflicting names before making a name reservation to reduce the number of

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Tax: ‘FG, states should block all channels of leakages’

Governments at all levels have been urged to block all channels of tax leakages including avoidance, evasion, and corruption, through strict enforcement of tax laws. A Development Consultant Kolawole Banwo made the call at a meeting on the ‘Tax Justice and Breaking Barrier Project of ActionAid Nigeria organized by Rural Women and Youth Development in

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FIRS names top firms owing taxes as Obasanjo, Davido makes list

The Federal Inland Service (FIRS) has suspended the accounts owned by Obasanjo Farms, Iyiola Omisore and Davido Music Worldwide Ltd. Latest Nigeria News understands that the “bond” is a right to maintain possession of a property (accounts) that belongs to another person until a debt of that person is released. Remember that Babatunde Fowler, executive

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Investigate tax collection by FIRS, PDP urges NASS

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday urged the National Assembly to investigate the handling of taxes collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service in the last four years. The opposition party said this in light of the leaked correspondence to the FIRS boss, Babatunde Fowler by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. In

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OECD Declares Mauritius Partial Tax Exemption Regime As Not Harmful

Summary On 19 July 2019, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its report on harmful tax practices across various jurisdictions. The report indicates that Mauritius which had previously been identified as a jurisdiction with harmful tax practices no longer has such harmful tax practices. Specifically, the Mauritian “Partial Tax Exemption Regime”, which

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Tax query: PDP accuses Presidency of complicity

The Peoples Democratic Party   has said  the alleged discrepancies in the tax collected by  the Federal Inland Revenue Services has confirmed its allegation that the Muhammadu Buhari  government  is corrupt. In a  letter dated August 8, 2019 and addressed to the FIRS Chairman Babatunde Fowler by the Chief of Staff to the President Abba  Kyari, 

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Tribunal orders counsel to draft terms of settlement in alleged double taxation suit

The Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Friday ordered counsel in a suit of alleged double taxation to draft terms of settlement to speed up the process of settlement. The suit which was instituted by a company, “M FIFTEEN” Consultants Limited against the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and two others was slated on

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