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Tax defaulters: FIRS appoints Sterling Bank as recovery agent

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has appointed Sterling Bank Plc as a collecting agent to recover taxes from 2,933 defaulting companies. This was disclosed in a letter signed by the Chairman, FIRS, Mr Tunde Fowler, and addressed to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman. The letter, which was obtained by our correspondent,

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FIRS to go after 40, 000 millionaire tax defaulters in 2019

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will go after estimated 40, 000 millionaire tax defaulters in 2019. Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, the Head Communications and Servicom Department of FIRS, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Gbadamosi quoted the Executive Chairman of the service, Mr Tunde Fowler, as making this disclosure when

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$1.3bn tax assessment: Court to hear AGF’s objection to MTN’s suit March 26

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, fixed March 26 to hear a preliminary objection to a suit by MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd, against the Attorney General of the Federation, over alleged N242 billion and 1.3 billion dollars import duties and withholding tax assessments. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that MTN instituted the

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LIRS Extends The Deadline For Filing 2018 PAYE Returns

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the statutory deadline for employers to file their annual Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) tax returns by six working days from 31 January 2019 to Friday 8 February 2019. The extension became necessary to accommodate the significantly high number of taxpayers who are yet to file their PAYE tax

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