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September 15, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints Adedeji FIRS Chairman

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Zaccheus Adedeji, as the new Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service. This announcement coincides with the impending commencement of terminal leave for the former chairman, Muhammed Nami. A statement...

August 10, 2023 No Responses

Committee Projects FIRS As Sole Revenue Collection Agency For FG

Barring last-minute adjustment, a proposal by the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms may stop about 63 Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDA) from collecting revenue on behalf of the Federal Government. Some of the agencies are the Nige...

July 21, 2023 No Responses

FIRS Rakes In N5.5Trillion In Six Months

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. A statement issued by Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, Special Assistant to the Executive Chai...

June 22, 2023 No Responses

FIRS Partners Market Traders Association On VAT Remittance From Informal Sector

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has partnered Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) as part of measures to collect and remit Value Added Tax (VAT) to the FIRS from markets, especially in the informal sector. The Association which ...

June 8, 2023 No Responses

FIRS, LIRS, Seal MoU On Joint Tax Audit, Investigation

The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have issued a public notice on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both agencies to establish a Joint FIRS and LIRS Audit and Investigation Team aimed...

March 18, 2023 No Responses

FIRS, UK Sign Capacity Building MoU

Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) aimed at fostering improved collaboration on capacity building between the two tax aut...

February 7, 2023 No Responses

LIRS, FIRS Seal Tax Audit Pact

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday, February 6, 2023, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the exchange of information and implementation of joint tax audit and investigation exercise. ...

November 29, 2022 No Responses

FIRS Seeks Harmonised Systems Among Tax Administrators

The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Muhammad Nami has appealed for harmonisation of tax systems among member states of Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA). Nami made the appeal on Monday in Abuja at the 42nd ...

November 17, 2022 No Responses

Reps Panel Summons FIRS Chairman Over Alleged Tax Evasion By Oil Companies

The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee Investigating the Structure and Accountability of Joint Venture (JV) Business and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCS) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd has summoned the Chairman of Federal Inlan...

November 6, 2022 No Responses

FIRS Boss: Dialogue Crucial In Strengthening Tax Administration

Tax dialogue is a tool for engendering tax compliance as well as means of strengthening tax systems, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has said. Nami said this at the 2022 Kaduna State Tax Dialogue, held...

October 27, 2022 No Responses

FIRS Begins Direct Collection Of Taxes From Online Gaming Operators

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has commenced the deduction of taxes at transaction points from Online Gaming Transactions using the Sentinal National Payment Gateway and Electronic Solution. In a Public Notice signed by its E...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Receives Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Certificate For Bonny – Bodo Road From FIRS

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), one of the companies undertaking the construction of roads under the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme, has received its Tax Credit Certificate from the Federal Inla...

July 28, 2022 No Responses

NEPZA, FIRS Agree To Adjust FTZs New Tax Administration Pact

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have agreed to adjust some sections of the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on effective tax administration, to accommodate some salient concer...

July 7, 2022 No Responses

Tax Development: FIRS Boss Harps On Collaboration Among Regulatory Bodies

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has described collaboration among regulatory bodies as critical in deepening FIRS institutional framework through qualitative reporting and effective representation of their clients. Mr Muhammad Nami, the Executive C...