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The N5 billion given to the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee through the Joint Tax Board (JTB) by Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is meant for building ‘data for tax’ and paying salaries and other logistics.
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The Taiwo Oyedele’s Tax Reform Committee collected N5 billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FRIS) to fund its operations, the immediate past executive chairman of the Service, Muhammad Nami, disclosed yesterday.
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Revenue refers to all receipts the government gets, including taxes, custom duties, revenue from state-owned enterprises, capital revenues and foreign aid. Nigeria operates a Federal Political structure and has three tiers of Government; Federal Government....
20 Sep
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has expressed optimism about achieving its N12 trillion revenue target for the year, having realised N8.5 trillion as of mid-September.
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The new acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, on Monday said that the agency is fully committed to empowering Nigeria's growth and development. Adedeji who was appointed as the new acting chairman of FIRS by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu last Thursday said this in a statement on X (formerly Twitter)…
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Zacchaus Adedeji as the Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in an acting capacity pending his ratification by the National Assembly.
14 Sep
The special adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on revenue, Zacch A. Adedeji has been appointed as the acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Adedeji's appointment was confirmed on Thursday by a member of the State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Akin Akinwale. The newly-appointed acting…
23 Aug
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said most mainstream shipping companies that refuse to comply with their tax obligations get away with their actions due to poor enforcement of relevant laws by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency...
15 Aug
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its civil society allies have threatened to embark on immediate industrial action if the pump price of petrol is increased from its current N617 per litre
20 Jul
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced a total tax revenue collection of N5.5 trillion for the half-year period of January to June 2023. Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Muhammad Nami, disclosed this while presenting the 2023-2024 tax revenue outlook to the National Economic Council (NEC) at its meeting held on Thursday 20th July…
21 Jun
The Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has frowned at the call to merge the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), saying it will further impede ease of doing business in the maritime sector.
21 Jun
Former Director General/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Ade Dosunmu, has said the Presidential Policy Advisory Group classification of NIMASA as a revenue generating agency and its proposed merger with Customs and Federal Inland Revenue Service...
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