The Executive Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has offered a 30-day window to enable taxpayers, obtain Tax Clearance Certificate. Nami personally signed the public notice, designed to make things easy for taxpayers. Titled FACILITATING 2020 TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (TCC) ISSUANCE, the notice was issued to assist taxpayers meet their obligations as they might […]
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has served a seven-day notice to tax defaulters across the country. Defaulters are urged to settle their tax liabilities within seven days. The Head, Communications and Servicom Department, Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Gbadamosi said the Acting Executive Chairman of FIRS, […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, says for Nigeria to solve the problem of poverty, the rich must be taxed mercilessly. Speaking at the 70th birthday of Abiola Ajimobi, former governor of Oyo state, he said tax from the rich could be used to create wealth to help the poor. “We must mercilessly […]
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Ms Leilana Fartha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Adequate Housing, on Monday urged the Federal Government to impose vacant houses tax with a view to addressing housing challenges in the country. Fartha at a news conference in Abuja, expressed concern over human rights crisis presented by poor living conditions in Nigeria’s informal settlements. […]
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The Joint Tax Board (JTB) Chairman, Mr Tunde Fowler, on Thursday unveiled the South West Regional National Tax payer Identification Number (TIN). Fowler said, at the inauguration ceremony of the new TIN registration system and consolidated national taxpayers’ database in Lagos, the new system would promote a tax friendly environment. Fowler, also the Executive Chairman, […]
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says defaulting wealthy Nigerian taxpayers who have no Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN) have only a 30 days lien to do so. The agency also said other Nigerians and firms with a turnover of N100 million in their accounts, but not paying taxes have only a 30 days lien to […]
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Spanish prosecutors have filed charges against Colombian singer Shakira, accusing her of failing to pay 14.5 million euros in tax ($16.3 million) in the country where her Spanish footballer partner plays. The charges were filed Friday in the Catalonia region, where the singer is a regular presence at matches of her partner Gerard Pique’s team, […]
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The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), an activist group, has demanded that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) produce tax receipts belonging to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter sent to the FIRS dated November 16, and signed by Nelson Ekujumi, the group’s national coordinator, […]
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Babatunde Fowler, chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says the service will soon go after the bank accounts of defaulting taxpayers who are billonaires. Fowler, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos, said most of such taxpayers, have between N1bn and N5bn in their accounts. He said such individuals have no taxpayer […]
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that it realised a total of N2.5 trillion (N2,529,615,174,601.25) from various taxes from January to June 2018. The amount shows that the service has realised 75% of its total target for the year, which is an improvement over what was realised at the corresponding period in 2017. […]
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