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Global Customer Service Week: FIRS Unveils Service Charter, Urges Citizens to Comply with Tax Obligations
At an event in Abuja in commemoration of Global Customer Service Week 2022, Nigeria’s apex tax authority, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), unveiled its Service Charter. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, Special Adviser to the FIRS Chairman on Media &...
Tax Evasion: Gombe Inaugurates Tax Recovery Tribunal
In a bid to tackle tax evasion in the State, the Gombe State Government has set up a Tax Recovery Tribunal. Barrister NG reported on its website that the Tribunal was inaugurated by the State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, recently. During the inauguration, the governor...
Entrepreneurship and Industrialization Hubs key to Unlocking Massive Economic Potentials for Nigeria –Nami
In a recent release by his Special Assistant (Media & Communication), Mr. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, the Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami has stated that one key way Nigeria can unlock her massive economic potentials is by setting up...
Benue’s Harmonized Taxes to take effect from January 2023
Harmonized taxes in Benue State would be taking effect from January 2023. The Executive Chairperson of the Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Mrs. Mimi Adzape-Orubibi, made this known recently at a Joint State Revenue Committee meeting, according to the...
Sugar Tax too much of a Burden for MSMEs
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises producing carbonated drinks have voiced out on how much of a burden the tax of NGN10 per litre on carbonated drinks is. The PUNCH Newspaper reported on its website, how, according to MSMEs producing carbonated drinks, a cost of...
NNPC Limited’s Profit after Tax grows from N287bn in 2020 to NGN674 bn in 2021
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited has announced a profit after tax growth from N287bn in 2020 to NGN674 bn in 2021, according to Channels TV on its website. The news agency reported that Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, made this...
We look forward to seeing you Phyna – LIRS
Na everyone go pay this tax! The Lagos State Internal revenue Service (LIRS) has, via its Twitter handle, reached out to Phyna, the winner of the just-concluded Big Brother Naija Season 7. In its congratulatory message, the LIRS hinted that it looked forward to seeing...
What Power does the FIRS really Have?
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is the apex revenue authority in Nigeria and its role in tax administration can not be overemphasized. A recent news publication by The Guardian Newspaper on its website gave insights into the powers of the revenue body in tax...
OGIRS opens New Tax Office
The Ogun State Internal Revenue Service (OGIRS) has announced the opening of a new tax office in the State. The new tax office was opened in the Atan-Ota axis of the State. The revenue service made this announcement recently on its Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook...
Investigative Hearing: House of Reps request NNPC Tax Records Spanning 32 years from FIRS
According to The PUNCH Newspaper on its website, in the wake of the recently-commenced investigations into the Joint Venture (JV) businesses and Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by the House of Representatives,...
Tax Investigation Obstruction: FIRS arraigns Two Koreans, Two Nigerians and their Company
The PUNCH newspaper on its website recently reported that two South Koreans, Son Chun Gili and Jung Wookshin, alongside two Nigerians, Akeem Idowu and Chikwendu Emeka have been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly attacking, assaulting and...
Let Taxpayers See What Has Been Done with Their Money
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami, has remarked that there would be a higher tax compliance rate when citizens see what is being done with their money. The Chairman, speaking recently at the launch of the Public Finance Database...