FIRS To Deduct Tax From Defaulters’ Bank Accounts       The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has threatened to deduct tax liabilities from defaulters’ bank accounts. It said in a statement in Abuja, Wednesday, that the move was being considered, “following rising cases of willful and illegal withholding...

Dangote Cement To Pay N40bn Tax In Q1, 2021       Dangote Cement Plc is expected to pay N40.39 billion in taxation to the nation’s treasury from its operational result in the first quarter of 2021, the company said yesterday. In a statement, the cement manufacturer cited its...

NIPC Grants Tax Relief To 17 Firms       The Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has granted Pioneer Status Incentive (PSI) to 17 companies with a total capital investment of N99.45 billion in the first quarter of 2021. NIPC’s Head of Incentives Administration Division, Uchenna Okonkwo, who stated...

FIRS Grants Dangote Cement N22.32bn Tax Credit       The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has issued Dangote Cement Plc, tax credit certificates valued at N22.321 billion. The tax credit certificates were for the construction of Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota road in Lagos and the Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba road connecting Kogi and Kwara...

FIRS To Access Computers, PoS Of Taxable Persons, Firms       The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said it will soon begin to access computers and electronic storages belonging to taxable individuals through its Automated Tax Administration Solution. According to an advertorial yesterday signed by the Executive...

LIRS Extends Deadline For Individual Annual Tax Returns’ Filling       Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for filing of individual annual tax returns by two weeks starting from April 1 to April 14, 2021. It said in a statement titled ‘LIRS extends deadline for...