The chairman, Kaduna State Internal Revenue Services, Zaid Abubakar, has said more than 30,000 companies in the state do not pay their taxes. He said this on Tuesday in Kaduna when a civil society organisation, Tax Justice and Governance Platform, paid him a courtesy visit.        He noted that only a few paid their taxes, adding

The senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State in the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described the 2020 budget as “nothing but a budget of taxation.” The senator added that the budget is not “sustainable.” President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill to the joint sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday. He had

The Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, announced plans for a return to toll plazas across the country last week, and the ministry has hurriedly tabled a proposal for its inclusion into the 2020 Appropriation Bill being considered for approval at the National Assembly this same week. Fashola had earlier made clear to the media, “There

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has rejected Federal Government’s proposed imposition of fresh taxes or levies on Nigerians to fund the reconstruction of tollgates on federal highways across the country. It argued that for the tolling policy to see the light of the day, no additional burden, in form of any tax or levy

The Anambra State Government has said that not more than 300,000 residents of the state pay taxes out of a population of 4.5 million. Mr Mark Okoye, the State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, made the disclosure at a news conference tagged: “2020 Budget Breakdown” on Thursday in Awka. The News Agency of Nigeria