Tax

G20 ministers vow to ‘redouble efforts’ on digital tax

G20 policymakers vowed Sunday to “redouble” their bid to reform by the end of next year the international tax system to take account of internet giants such as Facebook and Google. Speaking about international taxation, the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors said in a statement seen by AFP: “We will redouble our efforts […]

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LIRS Issues Public Notice on TIN Registration; To Leverage On The Existing BVN Operations

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) issued a Public Notice on 4 June 2019 informing taxpayers of its intention to integrate the existing Taxpayers Identification Digit (PID) into the nationwide Tax Identification Number (TIN) system with the Joint Tax Board. The LIRS intends to leverage the existing Bank Verification Number (BVN) operations to achieve

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City businesses campaigning against rising property tax bills

The debate over increasing property taxes continues to intensify and for some Calgary business owners, it’s a fight to keep their business alive. A new social media campaign called “Sorry, Calgary is closing” launched this week and calls for businesses to band together against skyrocketing tax increases. Barre Belle co-founder Kristi Stuart said her property

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Tax probe: RMAFC, workers disagree over consultants’ engagement

Workers of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission have disagreed with the management of the organization over the use of consultants to probe banks for failure to remit all they collect on behalf of the government agencies in charge of taxes and levies. The workers had staged protests for two days last week where

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Alleged tax evasion: Court fixes October 10 for Nollywood actress’ trial

An Igbosere High Court, Lagos State, on Thursday fixed October 10 for the trial of a Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda-Coker, over alleged tax evasion.  The News Agency of Nigeria reports that trial was earlier fixed for June 5, but could not hold due to the Eid-el-Fitr holiday. At the resumed hearing on Thursday, the court

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Nigeria’s tax structure not investment-friendly, says LCCI

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has faulted the renewed tax drive in the Nigerian economy, saying that it was focused more on investors than consumers. The chamber stated this in a document setting economic diversification agenda for the Federal Government on Sunday. In the document signed by the Director General, LCCI, Mr MudaYusuf,

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How Illegal Taxes, Road Blocks Stifle Benue Economy

Recently the executive chairman Benue State Internal Revenue Services (BIRS),Terzungwe Atser fingered some politicians, traditional rulers, local government officials as well as highly placed persons  in the society to be involved in illegal collection of taxes across the state. Shortly on assumption of office, Atser   raised an alarm on the issue of multiple taxation, that

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