Senate to FIRS: Suspend N17trn Tax Waivers   The Senate through its Committee on Finance on Monday frowned at the N17tn loss incurred by the country on tax waivers within the last five years. It consequently urged the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to suspend the tax...

Tax Exemptions, Waivers to Cost FG N12.4trn in Four Years   A whopping N12.384 trillion will be forgone by the Federal Government as tax waivers, concessions and incentives in the four years (2023 – 2026). Beneficiaries of these revenue losses include big corporations, start-ups and politically exposed...

Fed Govt To Grant N5.5trn Tax Waivers In 2023   The Federal Government has budgeted N5.51tn for tax expenditures in 2023. This was according to the 2023 fiscal framework document obtained by our correspondent. According to Tax Foundation, tax expenditures are a departure from the “normal” tax code...

Finance Bill: Dangote, 7UP, 170 Firms May Lose N2.4trn Tax Waivers   At least 172 companies may not benefit from about N2.4tn tax waivers under the Pioneer Status Incentive and other tax exemptions as the Federal Government moves to phase out some tax waivers effective 2022,...

Lawmakers Pass Amended Budget Bill For Second Reading, Decry N1trn Tax Waivers   The Senate yesterday passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the 2022 Appropriation Act as the lawmakers decried the high N1 trillion tax waivers to be granted by the federal government. President...

FIRS To Capture MDAs Revenue, Waivers As Taxes     The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has disclosed that henceforth government revenue, tax waivers, import duty waivers among others will be captured as tax revenues to the Federation. The FIRS said that this will improve Nigeria’s tax-to-GDP ratio...