FIRS To Go After Tax Evaders In Aviation, Maritime Sectors     The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said it will soon commence a back-end tax audit on operators in the maritime and aviation industries to checkmate tax evasion. The Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, who made the...

Multichoice Africa loses legal battle on $342M tax to FIRS.   The titanic legal battle by the South African Company, Multichoice Africa Holdings B.V with the Nigerian government owned Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) over the disputed $342M tax has been struck out. The Tax Appeal Tribunal...

MultiChoice Nigeria Cleared To Appeal $4.4bn Tax Claim   A Nigerian tax tribunal has cleared MultiChoice Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest pay-TV provider, to appeal a disputed $4.4 billion tax bill in the country. The South African company’s local unit was allowed to proceed after paying a $19.4...

More Governors Resolve To Join VAT Collection Suit           South-south Governors Forum, yesterday, declared support for states’ collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) as ordered by a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt. The forum, comprising governors of the six oil-rich Niger Delta states of Rivers,...

VAT: Oyo Govt Seeks To Join Rivers In Suit Against Fed Govt             The Oyo State has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for joinder in the suit instituted by the Rivers State Government against the Attorney-General of the Federation in...

FIRS Urges Govts To Add Value To Collected Taxes             The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged state governments not to only collect taxes but also add value to the taxes collected. The Service is also worried that 22 years since Nigeria started this democratic dispensation...