In 2017, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked Nigeria 125 out of 137 countries in its Global Competitiveness Report. The WEF survey found that Nigeria’s potential for structural change was impeded by inadequate investment in infrastructure, technology, higher education and innovation. Nigeria has long depended on oil as its economic mainstay with paltry attempts at […]
10 ways taxes come to your rescue that you probably take for granted: Shelter If you were raised or currently reside in public housing, you may have reason to thank the taxes you or others have generated for the relative freedom you enjoy from exorbitant rent. After all, you have no reason to contend with
It has been revealed that the number of taxpayers in Nigeria, which was at 10 million in 2015, is about to hit 45 million in 2019. Executive Secretary of the Joint Tax Board (JTB), Oseni Elamah, made this disclosure in Abuja on Monday, while presenting a report on the new Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Registration
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The Rivers State Internal Revenue Service (RIRS) has unveiled a new tax for the informal sector, promising to be fair in its collection. The RIRS Chairman, Mr Adoage Norteh, made the disclosure at a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Monday. The chairman said that members of the public would begin to pay for every
Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu, hinted that the Nigerian government can generate more revenue, up to $40 billion from tax. He said government must executive reaching tax reforms, while the National Assembly must urgently pass the Executive Tax bill into law for the country to experience economic transformation. Mr Elumelu, who was a
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If you approach the presence of the boss of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, be prepared to be bathed in a rain of glee. Joy unrestrained oozes from the former Lagos tax don like an opened dam, watering the surrounding, drought-weary land. These days, the stars have aligned for Fowler as everything he
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THE Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 14 for definite hearing in a suit filed by a company, “M FIFTEEN” Consultants against the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The company also dragged the FIRS, before the Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged double taxation. Also joined in the suit
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The owner of Italian fashion giant Gucci is set to pay a record fine of nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in a tax evasion case, according to media reports Friday. “Lawyers are still negotiating with the tax authorities over a few hundred million euros, but the fine that the (French luxury) Kering group is
The Chairman and founder of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has said that an average business concern in Nigeria pays 48 taxes. He noted that with this trend Nigeria would be unable to keep its investors and entrepreneurs if the issue of multiple taxation was not abolished. He said this in Abuja on Thursday while delivering
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Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu has called for far reaching Tax reforms and for the National Assembly to urgently pass the Executive Tax bill into law. Elumelu made this statement as he delivered the keynote address at the 21st Annual Tax Conference of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of
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