Tag: Tax
Tax: Enugu state seals 5 hotels over N6.6bn debt
No fewer than five hotels in Enugu State have been sealed by the state Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) due…
Medical practitioners call for halt on multiple taxes on private hospitals
Medical practitioners on Wednesday called on government at all levels to stop all forms of multiple taxation on private hospitals…
Edo Traders Protest Excessive Taxation
Some traders under the aegis of Coalition of Traders and Artisans in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo, on Wednesday…
Tax incentives alone will not attract investors – Expert
Mr Taiwo Oyedele, a tax expert, says only tax incentives to industries without addressing other challenges will not bring about…
Only 600,000 Lagos residents pay tax out of 22 million population – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has identified the need for residents to adopt a willful approach to the payment…
Special courts needed to handle tax issues – Experts
Mr Ike Odume, a Director in the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said there is need for Nigeria to designate…
FIRS to join Automatic Exchange of Information to reduce tax evasion
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Babatunde Fowler said the organisation plans to join the…
Tax officers to undergo training to boost tax collection
In a bid to boost tax awareness and collection, the Federal Government has commenced the training of 27 unemployed graduates…
N109m tax: Bayelsa govt seals Chinese oil coy
The Bayelsa Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Wednesday sealed off a Chinese company, Hilong Oil Services and Engineering Company…
Tax: State Govt to capture businesses on database
The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday said it would capture about 60,000 business entities operating in the state on its…
FG to expand tax base – Fashola
The Federal Government will improve its revenue by expanding its tax base in order to meet its obligation to the…
Revenue Service shuts 2 companies over unpaid tax
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sealed two companies in Lagos over sundry tax liabilities.
FIRS seals up hotel over property variation, VAT
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sealed Bolingo Hotel in Abuja over property variation of about N320 million and…
FIRS generates N3.30trn revenue
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Friday said it collected N3.30 trillion revenue from taxes in 2016.
FCT Revenue Service will end multiple taxation — Minister
The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, says the FCT Inland Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), will end the regime of…
Tax expert wants Nigerians to demand good governance
Mrs Morenike Babington-Ashaye, a former chairman of Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, has called on Nigerians to demand for accountability,…
FG to raise VAT on luxury items
The FG plans to raise the value-added tax (VAT) on luxury items — subject to the approval of the national…
Edo govt to ensure fair taxation
The Chief of Staff to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Mr Taiwo Akerele, on Tuesday pledged that the state government…
Media to sensitise residents on tax payment
The Niger State Board of Internal Revenue on Wednesday appealed to the media to sensitise residents to the importance of…
Trump fights back after tax revelations
Donald Trump and his supporters rushed Sunday to defend the Republican nominee following revelations that he may not have paid…
FIRS battles Acorn Petroleum company over unpaid taxes
Akin Kuponiyi The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has filed a counter claim before a Federal High Court in Lagos,…
Ebonyi Govt. seals off private, public premises over tax evasion
The Ebonyi State Board of Internal Revenue on Wednesday sealed off no fewer than 40 private and public business premises…
When FIRS came down on corporate tax defaulters
By Laolu Kolapo Eventful. That is the word that adequately the last one and a half weeks for the Federal…
Mossack Fonseca, the law firm behind #PanamaPapers
Mossack Fonseca, the Panama-based law firm at the heart of the “Panama Papers” scandal, is a discreet outfit with a…
Fidson Healthcare posts N838mn profit before tax
Daniels Ekugo Fidson Healthcare Plc. released its audited 2015 financial results to the Nigerian Stock Exchange this week, recording an…
Bizman loses N5m tax to fraudster
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 54-year old man has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Ejigbo, Lagos State,…
Don’t kill businesses with burdensome tax regime, Boroffice tells Mimiko
The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has advised the Ondo State Government to embark on systemic widening of…
Nigeria looking to increase tax coverage, says Osinbajo
Nigeria’s government is considering changes to the tax regime as part of efforts to overcome the crisis in Africa’s biggest…
Methodist Church joins Aregbesola’s campaign for tax payment
Methodist Church of Nigeria has called on the people of Osun to pay tax as it is evident that the…
We will not impose additional tax in Kwara – Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has assured the people of the state that no additional tax burden would be imposed…