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‘Nigeria’s tax: GDP ratio remains one of the poorest in Africa’

Iyalode Alaba Lawson, National president, National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), left; Cyriacus Ekechi, a Director of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and former VP, NACCIMA, at the tax conference organised by NACCIMA in Lagos…yesterday Financial experts have lamented the country’s tax to GDP ratio, describing it as one of […]

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FIRS, JTB, SMEDAN take tax awareness to SMEs

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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Joint Tax Board (JTB) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) have sensitised Business Membership Organisations (BMOs) on tax payment and their rights as taxpayers, in a move aimed at stimulating the economy. The Executive Chairman of FIRS and Chairman, JTB, Tunde Fowler, said the Micro, Small and

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FIRS Seals Four Hotels, 15 Other Companies Over N5.7bn Tax Debts

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Four four-star hotels in Lagos, Delta and Rivers states were among a group of 19 companies across Nigeria sealed by the Federal Inland Revenue (FIRS) over non-remittance of tax. The FIRS noted that the companies which range from hospitality outfits to oil and gas companies and manufacturing companies were sealed over their failure to fulfil

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FIRS Trains Journalists On Accurate Tax Reporting

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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has lamented the lack of focus on issues of taxation by financial reporters in the country. The agency stated this at the commencement of a two-day training in Abuja for journalists on tax reporting, saying that it aimed at equipping them with relevant skills on accurate reporting of tax

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FIRS, EFCC partner to track tax defaulters as VAIDS ends

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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have agreed their to track both individuals and organisations who refuse to pay the right taxes. The partnership will beam searchlights on defaulting taxpayers who also refused to rely on the Federal Government’s tax amnesty programme: Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration

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CAC Opens Name Search Portal For Business Registration

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The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has opened a portal for people to search company or business name before registration. Acting Register-General of CAC Azuka Azinge revealed this on Wednesday in Lagos at the Quarterly Stakeholders’ Forum of the Commission. According to Azinge, the move is to make registration of businesses easier, revealing that businesses can now

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CAC restates commitment to ease business registration process

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The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it is committed to improving the country’s ease of doing business to drive economic rebound and growth. Lady Azuka Azinge, Acting Registrar-General, CAC, made the assertion during CAC Quarterly Customers’ Forum on Wednesday in Lagos. She said that the commission’s goal was to enable more businesses, especially for the

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FIRS, Customs, NNPC Receive N191.34bn For Revenue Generation Cost

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Three revenue generating agencies of the federal government: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigerian National Petroleum Resources (through the Department of Petroleum Resources) have all received cumulative sum of over N191.34 billion as cost of revenue collection in the last 14-months. The FIRS got N100.642 billion out of the whole

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‘Raise audit standards to prevent fraud in banks, others’

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The Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Auditors has called on the Federal Government to raise the audit standards in the country so as to curb the high level of fraud in the country’s financial system. The President of the institute, Victoria Enape, who said this in Abuja, noted that the move would inspire public

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We want to improve efficiency in collection of consumption taxes – LIRS boss

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Recently the chairman, Lagos Internal Revenue Service, Mr Ayodele Subair, spoke about the technology application in the collection of the state’s consumption tax, saying it is targeted at improving efficiency while plugging leakages. Excerpts REFLECTING on your consumption tax you recently unveiled an e-payment platform. Can you shed more light on it? It’s an electronic

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