Tax Justice and Governance Platform, an advocacy group of civil society organisations, which supports the growth of the internally generated revenue in Nigeria, has expressed its readiness to organise a three-day tax awareness training for traders in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Lagos State. The training would be part of the organisation’s efforts in

The spate of tax evasion by taxable individuals and corporate entities has continued to draw concern from stakeholders who call for a halt to support governments’ programmes in the economic sector. Making their stands known in the matter, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) regretted that only 20 million out of

The Plateau State Board of Internal Revenue has generated N10. 7 billion between January and July 2019. Dashe Ariat, chairman of the board told journalist that this geometric increase came through a lot of efforts. ” We now meet the tax payers at their doorsteps, not waiting for them to come to us as it

The President, Coker Building Materials and Allied Products, Mr. Justin Okpani, has said that his administration inherited disunited union at inception. He observed that traders in Coker Building Materials Market were solving their problems individually making the ability to have some of them resolved in their favour near impossible. Speaking exclusively to PropertyMart at the

Introduction Arguably, the most basic principles in business are minimising cost and maximising profit. Thus, it is not unnatural that businesses would seek to reduce their expenses to the barest minimum. Conversely, the tax authorities have the responsibility of ensuring that businesses pay their taxes in accordance with the tax laws. Businesses sometimes incur punitive