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FIRS generated N1.245trn in 4 months

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is opening a new office at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. It has also generated N1.245trillion in a spate of four months.FIRS executive chairman, Ifueko Omoigui- Okauru, disclosed that the amount was generated between January and April...

FIRS Nets N406.80bn Non-Oil Revenue in 1st quarter

  *Tax contribution to GDP on the ascent’ The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has netted non-oil tax revenue of N406.80 billion during the first quarter (January-April), it was learnt at the weekend. The agency realized a total of N1.248...

Nigeria’s development depends on prompt tax payment – FIRS boss

Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) Mrs Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, has said that the achievement of the country’s developmental drive is dependent on prompt tax payments. She stated this at the formal inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan in abuja. She noted that though Nigerians had...

FIRS Boss Honoured for Raising N2 trillion Revenue

Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service and Chairman of Joint Tax Board, Mrs Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru was honoured for collecting a tax revenue of N2.2 trillion in 2009 which is unprecedented in the history of tax administration in Nigeria.Besides demonstrating a sterling academic excellence which...

FIRS boss tasks tax officials on MDGs, Vision 2020 goals

Encouraged by the support of government toward its activities and the remarkable tax revenues raked into government’s coffers in past years, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, has charged all employees of the Service to put more...

I’m not a ‘tax collector’, says Omoigui Okauru

She is the nation’s Chief Tax Collector.But Executive Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui Okauru stunned the audience in Abuja yesterday when she declared that she is not a tax collector. Hear her: “When people ask what my job is, I said...