23,141 Tax Defaulters Owe N254bn, Says FIRS   The Federal Inland Revenue Service says a total of 23,141 defaulters owe N254bn in tax liabilities. The service also said it recovered over N97.7bn from tax defaulters since it gave the directive to banks. The Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr Babatunde...

Nigeria Earned N35trn From Tax In 8 Years, Says FIRS   Within an eight-year period covering 2011 and 2018, the country earned a total of N35.56tn as tax revenue, statistics obtained from the Federal Inland Revenue Service have revealed. An analysis of the tax revenue statistics showed...

FIRS Strategies Will Improve Tax Revenue - CITN   The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria has expressed confidence that the current strategies and initiatives of the Federal Inland Revenue Service will improve revenue collections. The Registrar/Chief Executive, CITN, Adefisayo Awogbade, said the institute had observed that...

FIRS Places VAT On Online Transactions From January 2020   Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, on Monday said that Nigerian banks would start charging Value Added Tax on local and foreign online transactions from January 2020. Fowler spoke at a technical workshop organised...

FIRS Lists Obasanjo Farms, Others Among 1901 Tax Defaulters   The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has published names of businesses that have failed to comply with their tax obligations. The list which comprise of a total of 1901 accounts was published the FIRS website with...

Buhari Summons Fowler Over Tax Under Remittance President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS) Mr Babatunde Fowler to the Presidential Villa Monday August 19 to explain discrepancies  and underremittance of tax revenue between 2015 and 2018, Economic Confidential...