An aggressive tax drive through tech-driven process will wean federating States from overdependence on federal allocations, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said. Lagos, Sanwo-Olu said, understood the challenges associated with overdependence on federal handouts early enough, prompting the State to pursue an inclusive revenue generation push to achieve financial autonomy and reduce its

The Rivers State Internal Revenue Service has dismissed claims in some quarters that the state government is planning to tax churches. The Chairman, RIRS, Adoage Norteh, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the government had never contemplated collecting taxes from churches. Norteh explained that though he was of the view that workers, who

Dame Gladys Simplice, Isaac Adedayo, Samuel Agbeluyi and Innocent Ohagwa have emerged in the new leadership team of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) with the mandate to pilot its affairs for the next two years. In a statement made available to Next Level in Lagos, the institute said while Simplice would be

The Senate on Wednesday urged revenue collecting agencies to ensure timely transfer of funds collected into the Federation Account. President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, made the call in Abuja at a meeting with some of the revenue collecting agencies. Lawan also called for timely disbursement of funds to federal, states and local government

Often described as Britain’s “most hated tax”, inheritance tax seems uniquely able to enrage all sorts of people. Theoretically charged at 40 per cent on the value of an individual’s estate above £325,000, it is perceived as unfair for many different reasons. “Inheritance tax is a wholly voluntary tax,” reads the most recommended comment underneath