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We’ll Disgrace Tax Evaders After March 31 – Adeosun

The Minister of Finance , Mrs Kemi Adeosun has called on tax invaders or those who have not declared their income or pay taxes accordingly to take advantage of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) or face prosecution at its expiration on 31 March, 2018. She stated this during the Stakeholder Interactive Session […]

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As VAIDS Winds Down, FG Prepares to Shame, Prosecute Tax Offenders from April 1

The federal government is ready to prosecute, name and shame tax evaders that fail to utilize the tax amnesty programme, the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), to regularize their tax profiles, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, declared yesterday. She also disclosed that the federal government would strictly adhere to the confidentiality of

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CAC moves to completely automate business registration nationwide. But can it pull it off?

The business world is changing rapidly and organisations, irrespective of the sector, don’t want to be left out of the trend of improving customer experience with technology and the Internet. We are in an era where the customers determine where, how and when to be served, with the phrase ‘follow your customer’ being the order

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Corporate taxes to increase by 0.5% as competition bill goes for assent

Corporations and businesses may see their taxes increase by 0.5 percent if assent is given to the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill submitted by the National Assembly to the presidency. business a.m gathered from the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) that there is an inclusion of a tax provision of 0.5 percent on companies to

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Nigeria’s tax drive and burden of responsibility and accountability

Nigeria’s tax to GDP ratio at six percent is definitely very low when compared to its peers. According to available statistics, Ghana, the nation’s West African neighbour’s ratio at 15 percent cast a pall on Nigeria as the dominant economy in the sub-region. Again, South Africa’s at 24 percent also puts doubts on Nigeria being

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Declare tax evasion, multinationals’ malpractices, foreign corrupt practices ―Adeosun

MINISTER of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has solicited for the designation of tax malpractices by multinational corporations in Nigeria and other developing countries as ‘foreign corrupt practices’. She made the call at the Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) Conference in New York, which rounded up during the weekend. The PCT is an initiative of

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FG to set N6.7tn target for FIRS in 2018

Having posted an unprecedented performance in 2017, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will have its target jacked up from N4 trillion to 6.7 trillion in 2018. The Chairman of FIRS, Babatunde Fowler, yesterday, made the disclosure while delivering a keynote address to directors at the Institute of Directors (IOD) in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Fowler

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Tax Evaders’ll Be Exposed, Fowler Tells Company Directors

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Tunde Fowler, has urged members of the Institute of Directors (IoD) to take advantage of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). Fowler gave the advice in Lagos on Tuesday evening while making a presentation on the tax amnesty scheme to IoD members. In the

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