Tag: Tax Payers
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FIRS targets 45m tax payers by December – Fowler
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says about 45 million Nigerians will be captured as taxpayers before December 2019. Mr Babatunde Fowler, Chairman, Joint Tax Board (JTB), said this on Thursday in Ilorin at the flag-off of the new Tax Identification Number (TIN) registration system and consolidated National Taxpayers’ Database for North Central zone. “Over the…
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55% of Nigeria’s VAT comes from Lagos tax payers – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun on Tuesday said 55 percent of Nigeria’s Value added tax (VAT), comes from tax payers in Lagos State. Adeosun made this known while speaking at a parley between the Federal Government and Progressive Governors forum in Abuja. She noted the 87 percent of Nigeria’s VAT was derived from five…
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Ambode hails tax payers, says Lagos generated N287bn IGR in 2016
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has hailed tax payers in the State for performing their civic obligations faithfully, saying the State recorded more Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2016 than what was recorded in 2015 despite economic recession in the country. As of December 16, 2016 the State had raked in N287bn IGR for…