Tag: FIRS
VAT Battle: Lagos wins Round one against FIRS
In a unanimous ruling delivered by Justice Haruna Tsammani on Thursday, the court held that Lagos State had established beyond…
Trial of top FIRS officials, ex-directors stalled over absence of a defendant
The trial of some top officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and two former directors before Justice Bolaji…
Rivers, Lagos move to stop FIRS from sharing VAT revenue
The two states want FIRS stopped pending the determination of an appeal by the tax agency
VAT battle: Appeal court reserves ruling on Lagos joinder suit
The Federal High Court in Rivers on 9 Aug. declared that it was Rivers government and not the FIRS that…
VAT battle: Appeal court stops Rivers, Lagos
The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Aug. 9 declared that it was the Rivers Government, and not FIRS that…
MultiChoice: Andersen faults FIRS’ basis for N1.8trn tax liability
Leading tax and business advisory firm, Andersen, has questioned how the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) arrived at the N1.8…
MultiChoice vs FIRS: PwC faults Tax Tribunal’s order on N900bn payment
Leading professional services firm, PwC, has questioned the recent ruling of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) ordering MultiChoice Nigeria to…
Tribunal didn’t compel us to pay N900bn to FIRS as backlog – MultiChoice
MultiChoice Nigeria on Wednesday said the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) did not compel it to make payment of 50% of…
Court stops FIRS from collecting VAT, Personal Income Tax in Rivers
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has stopped the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) from collecting Value Added Tax…
FIRS board dissolves Staff Union
The Board of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has dissolved the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), FIRS Unit.
We’ll work with FIRS to prove our tax compliance – MultiChoice
MultiChoice Nigeria says it will work with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to prove that the organisation is tax…
Interswitch sensitizes Nigerians on effective, efficient ways of paying tax
In fulfillment of its commitment to delivering seamless payment solutions, Interswitch Group has reaffirmed its preexisting partnership with the Federal…
EFCC, KIRS, FIRS partner against tax fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is to collaborate with the Kano State Internal Revenue Service and the Federal…
Senate approves N216.65bn for FIRS in 2021
The Senate has approved the sum of N216,646,579,231 billion naira as expenditure for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for…
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…
(Breaking) FG makes U-turn: All account holders don’t have to re-register with banks
The Federal Government has apologised for misleading the public when it ordered all account holders in the country’s financial institutions…
FIRS plans stamp duty palliatives for tenants
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it is working on a stamp duty palliative package for tenants in view…
Don’t overburden Nigerians with tax, Lawan tells FIRS
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to widen the tax net…
Senate confirms Nami as FIRS chairman
Muhammed Mamman Nami has been confirmed by the Senate as the executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
FIRS begins nationwide massive crackdown on tax defaulters
Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is set to begin massive crackdown on tax defaulters nationwide on Wednesday.
News analysis: Abba Kyari’s query that sacked Fowler
In a letter dated August 8, 2019, Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari gave Babatunde Fowler, then…
Fani-Kayode reacts to sack of Fowler by Buhari
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the sack of Tunde Fowler as Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, by President…
Non-oil sector: FIRS targets 80% revenue
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says the non-oil sector will contribute 80 per cent of the country’s revenue in…
Atiku’s man Timi Frank lied, Osinbajo not given N90b for poll: FIRS
The Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS) has vehemently debunked an allegation that it supported the APC re-election campaign with a war…
FIRS makes N97.7b from tax defaulters
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has raked in N97.7 billion from tax defaulters since it directed banks to put…
FIRS contributes 60% of revenue for Nigeria
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) said the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) contributed 59.7 per cent of…
Aso Rock queries Fowler over tax receipts
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, whose four-year tenure expired on Saturday, has gotten a query…
Court orders Shell to pay $17.9 million to FIRS
The Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Friday ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay the Federal…
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…
N2b lawsuit: I was forced to pay N7m to FIRS
A prosecution witness, Mr Bharat Vora, told a Federal High Court Abuja that the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS) forced him…