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  • FG rakes in N68bn from beer, cigarettes, others in 6 months

    FG rakes in N68bn from beer, cigarettes, others in 6 months

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) collected over N68 billion from excise duty on beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and tobacco for the federal government between January and June.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports National Public Relations Officer of NCS, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi made this known while presenting the half-year report of the service covering.

    The excise duty is levied on the manufacture, sale and consumption of goods that fall under the excise control, which include but are not limited to beer, spirits, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and cigarettes.

    The NCS collected a total revenue of N1.3 trillion into the Federation Account, covering import and excise duty, fees and levies for the period under review.  This represents an increase of N289.4 billion or 28.83 per cent growth rate compared to the N1.003trillion collected in the same period last year.

    While presenting the half-year report of the service for the period, Bomodi also disclosed that the Customs had commenced collections from traders producing carbonated and sugary drinks, which was newly added under schedule five of the Common External Tariff (CET).

    The Service has also said it would soon begin the collection of the new tariff on calls and data recently announced by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.

  • Customs distance self from claims of auctioning 7000 cars

    Customs distance self from claims of auctioning 7000 cars

    The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), has distanced itself from rumours making the rounds that a special auction of over 7000 cars would soon be held by the Service.

    The Public Relations Officer of Customs, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi, made this known in a statement signed on behalf of the Comptroller General of Customs in Abuja.

    He urged Nigerians to always refer to the electronic auction (e-auction) platform at https://app.trade.gov.ng/eauction/  for authentic information on auctioning.

    According to him, e-auction remains the only authentic means of auctioning goods to members of the public.

    “Auctions are periodic and advertised in advance on our website to avail the public the opportunity of selecting and bidding for items of their choice.

    “It will be recalled that the service deployed the e-auction platform in July 2017 to improve efficiency in revenue generation to the federal government.

    “It was also deployed to provide equal opportunities to all Nigerians in the seamless disposal of seized and condemned, and overtime and abandoned cargoes.

    “Since its implementation, the e-auction has lived up to expectations by guaranteeing transparency and integrity in the auctioning process,” Bomodi said.

    The spokesperson said that the requirements to take part in the e-auction bidding process by interested members of the public were clear.

    He said that applicants must process a valid Tax Identification Number (TIN), issued by Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), with an active e-mail account.

    Bomodi added that the conditions and terms of the auction must be carefully considered by an interested person before acceptance.

    Bomodi further said an applicant must have an authentic and nationally accepted means of identification.

    He explained that those means of identification include an international passport, driver’s license, national identity card or voter card.

    Bomodi referred the public to the service’s e-auction portal at https://app.trade.gov.ng/eauction/ for further guidelines.

    Bomodi used the opportunity to call on owners of uncleared vehicles at the various ports to avail themselves of the VIN-Valuation protocols to clear them.

    He said the clearance procedure had been simplified, automated and made more user-friendly.