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Tax Appeal Tribunal Rules That Employers Cannot Be Held Liable For Tax.

Summary On 18 June 2019, the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT or Tribunal) held that the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) could not hold employers accountable for taxes arising from withdrawals of Voluntary Pension Contribution (VPC) of their employees. This decision was reached in the case between Nexen Petroleum Nigeria Limited (Nexen or the Company)

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LIRS shuts Debonairs Pizza, 13 other companies over unpaid taxes

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), on Wednesday, shut down the premises of Debonairs Pizza and thirteen other companies (including several hospitality firms), over alleged failure to fulfill tax obligations. According to the Director of Legal Services for the Lagos State tax agency, Mr Seyi Alade, the exercise was initially suspended, but will now

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Federal Government pays outstanding tax liabilities owed by MDAs

The Federal Government says, it has paid N135 billion of all outstanding PAYE tax liabilities owed by Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for 14 years to various states government. The Chairman of Joint Tax Board, Mr Tunde Fowler, said this at a programme tagged; “Go-Live’’ for the New National Tax Identification Number (TIN) Registration

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Tax Appeal Tribunal rules that withdrawal of voluntary pension may be taxable

The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) following a tax audit for 2013 and 2014 years of assessment issued a Notice of Refusal to Amend (NORA) to Nexen Petroleum Nigeria Limited (“the company”). The LIRS assessed the company to additional liabilities on the grounds that the company had under remitted Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax

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N50bn tax: Rivers asks court to jail NDDC officials

The Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue has urged the Rivers State High Court sitting in Omoku to jail the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, and three other officials of the commission for alleged disobedience to a court order. The RSBIR accused Brambaifa and the other alleged contemnors

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