Tag: Federal Inland Revenue Service
“North not against reform,” Northern elders tackle NEF on FIRS, Tinubu’s reforms
On President Tinubu’s economic reforms, the elders noted the administration inherited a weakened economy affected by subsidy dependency and selective…
Zacch Adejeji: Nigeria and France Chart a New Path for Trust in Tax Reform
By Arabinrin Aderonke We are in the 21st century, and the way technology, commerce, and governance are evolving demands institutions…
FIRS boss highlights Tinubu-led Tax Reforms as key to strengthening Nigeria’s finances
Adedeji also urged Nigerian universities to engage actively in the country's national economic strategy, advocating for collaboration with the government…
Zacch Adedeji on a Mission with People-Centric Reforms
The Federal Inland Revenue Service is becoming more than a government agency. It is not today that we have been…
Analysis: Reclaiming What Is Ours: FIRS boss spits fire as FG tackles illicit funds flow
Dr. Zacch Adedeji, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, outlines how Nigeria’s tax system is being undermined by mispriced trade,…
FIRS meets 99 percent of revenue target: Nami
Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami on Friday said that a total of N4.178 trillion was generated in…
Knocks for Buhari govt over new rule for ‘self certification’ in banks
The Buhari government came under heavy criticism on Thursday, following a notice, enjoining Nigerians with bank accounts to do "self…
Buhari sacks Fowler at FIRS, appoints new chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has declined to renew the appointment of Babatunde Fowler as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue…
Vacate Office Order: Court dismisses plea against Fowler
Federal High Court sitting in Kano, has dismissed a plea that the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tunde…
Group of FIRS Staff detail how Fowler allegedly ruined FIRS, ask Buhari not to re-appoint him
A group, Concerned Staff of FIRS, have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the atrocities and infractions allegedly perpetrated by the…
NASS queries decrease in FIRS’ 2019 non-oil tax
National Assembly Joint Committee has raised concern over Federal Inland Revenue Service’s (FIRS) 2019 projected estimate of non oil revenue…
Fowler Urges Developing Countries To Grow VAT
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Babatunde Fowler, has advised developing countries to grow Value Added Tax and…
Institute recommends conformity of incentives with tax laws
The President, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Mr Cyril Ede, said tax incentives should conform with the provision of…
Tax Evasion: FIRS seals Ifeanyi Ubah’s Capital Oil
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) resumed its enforcement exercise on Monday by shutting down tax-defaulting companies in Lagos and…
FIRS seals Jimoh Ibrahim’s NICON Luxury Hotel Over Unpaid Tax
It was a bad day for popular billionaire businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim on Thursday as an enforcement team of Federal Inland…
Controversy Over FIRS Top Job
The appointment of a new chairman for the Federal Inland Revenue Service is halted by legal action against the process,…
Nicon Insurance, 43 others sue FIRS
NICON Insurance Company Plc and 43 others on Monday in Abuja, dragged the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to the…
Increasing Revenue, Wasteful Spending
The six months target hit by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has resulted in more posers for the Goodluck…
Nigerian court orders TSKJ pay $310m tax backlog
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s revenue account was on Wednesday boosted to the tune of N49 billion, about $310 million…
Nigeria nets N2.43t in taxes
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday recorded N2.43 trillion revenue through taxes in the first half of 2012.…
Arrested Air Nigeria MD Flown To Abuja
The Managing Director of Air Nigeria, Mr. Kinfe Kahssaye, who was arrested yesterday by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS,…
Air Nigeria’s office stormed over tax evasion
Simon Ateba Officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, accompanied by mobile policemen, today, stormed Air Nigeria’s office in…
Nigeria’s Tax Chief Bows Out
Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has stepped down, putting an end to an…