By Aluta News Dec. 15, 2022 The Acting Chairman, Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), Mr Haruna Abdullahi, says FCT residents will henceforth present Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) to carry out certain transactions. Abdullahi said this at a Town Hall Meeting organised by the service in Abuja. The themeContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 9, 2022 The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged all tiers of government to spend public funds judiciously to build trust and encourage citizens to pay taxes. Its Director, Emerging and Special Taxes, Mrs Amina Ado, gave the advice in Abuja at a “Government-to-Citizens/FIRS interfaceContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 9, 2022 The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Civil Society Organisations have called for deliberate measures to curb revenue leakages in order to boost tax generation in the country. The call was made at a National Tax Conference organised by International and National Civil societyContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 21, 2022 DashMe Foundation, founded by the former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, says the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) has certified corporate organisations’donations to it as tax deductible. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Tomisin Akinwunmi, the interim Chief ExecutiveContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 23, 2022 The Joint Tax Board (JTB) says it is working with the Code of Conduct Bureau, political parties and other stakeholders to ensure tax compliance by political office holders. Mr Monday Onyeme, the Executive Chairman, Delta State Internal Revenue Service, made this known at aContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 25, 2022 The Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATIC) has appealed to the Federal Government and telecom providers not to implement their new taxes due to their ripple effect on subscribers. Mr Sina Bilasanmi, National President of ATIC told the NewsContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 24, 2022 The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has recommended tax compliance as prerequisite for clearing aspirants to contest for elective positions. The Executive Chairman of FIRS and Chairman, Joint Tax Board (JTB) Muhammad Nami made the recommendation at a meeting with the Independent National ElectoralContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 24, 2022 A cross section of Nigerians have reacted against a new Federal Government directive to impose tax on telephone calls, according to a survey conducted by a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The Nigerian government has proposed a new tax on phone callsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Mar. 29, 2022 Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja expressed his administration’s commitment to ensuring an efficient tax administration to improve tax revenue in the country. The president said this when he declared open the second National Tax Dialogue Week, with the theme; ”Tax Harmonisation for Enhanced RevenueContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 26, 2021 Nigeria loses about US$2.9 billion yearly to tax waivers granted to multinational companies, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) indicated on Tuesday in Abuja. Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani, made this known at the Pan African Conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flow (IFFs)Continue Reading
