Tag: FIRS
FIRS: Nigeria’s Tax-To-GDP ratio rises to 10.86%
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - Nigeria’s Tax-to-GDP ratio, which in the last 12 years, hovered between 5% to 6% rose to 10.86% by the end...
Nami, FIRS boss wins ICAN Merit Award; named winner of BusinessDay...
LAGOS - The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami has been named winner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of...
OECD, Nigeria meet on maximising benefits of Two-Pillar Tax Solution
ABUJA - A delegation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met with Nigerian representatives on 4th and 5th April 2023, at...
Ethical Tax Reporting: FIRS, Afropolitan Launch Capacity Training For Finance Correspondents
By ChibuikeNwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - To enthrone ethical and responsible tax reporting, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has partnered with Afropolitan...
21st century tax skill: FIRS Signs MoU with UK’s HM Revenue...
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - To equip our officers with the skills of the 21st century tax man, a Memorandum of...
Tax harmonisation: FIRS, LIRS sign MoU for joint tax operations
LAGOS - The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) where the...
Public service recognition, a morale booster for us – Nami, FIRS...
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has stated that his recognition by the LEADERSHIP Awards...
Unprecedented! FIRS Makes Historic N10.1trn Revenue In 2022
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) generated a record N10.1 trillion revenue in 2022,...
Backdoor recruitment: FG to sanction FIRS, NNPC, other MDAs
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Some federal ministries, departments and agencies have continued to engage in backdoor recruitment despite the employment embargo imposed by...
Alleged VAT miscalculation: FIRS prays tribunal not accept witness testimony
By ADEROGBA GEORGE
ABUJA- The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday urged the Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Abuja not to accept an appellate’s...
FIRS begins direct collection of taxes from online gaming operators
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it has commenced the deduction of taxes at transaction points from...
Political leadership should embark on beneficial tax reforms to avert looming...
...Says Good Use Of Tax Revenues Will Enhance Tax Morale And Compliance
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Executive Chairman of...
NLNG gets Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Certificate For Bonny – Bodo...
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), one of the companies undertaking the construction of roads under the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment...
Gov. AbdulRazaq condemns killing of FIRS Director
By BUSHRAH YUSUF-BADMUS
ILORIN- Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has condemned the killing of Alhaji Muhammed Kudu, a Director of the Federal Inland Revenue Service...
FIRS to recover unremitted tax deductions by states, local governments
ABUJA - The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it will commence the process of enforcement and recovery of unremitted tax deductions...
INEC to partner ICPC to prosecute candidates with forged academic credentials...
By EMMANUEL OLONIRUHA
ABUJA- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will collaborate with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to prosecute candidates of...
Mixed reactions trail FG’s plan to impose tax on phone calls
By ABUJAH RACHEAL
ABUJA- A cross section of Nigerians have reacted against a new Federal Government directive to impose tax on telephone calls, according to...
FIRS lists Nigeria’s 2021 top-performing taxpayers, hails them for compliance
ABUJA - The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has listed Nigeria’s top-performing taxpayers in 2021 and commended them for their exceptional efforts in contributing...
Nigeria earned N28.02trn from NNPC, FIRS, 2 other agencies in 3...
Four Federal Government agencies have generated a total of N28.02 trillion between 2017 and 2019, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) report has...
FIRS announces concession to taxpayers with foreign currency tax liabilities
ABUJA - Taxpayers who have outstanding foreign currency tax liabilities can now take advantage of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) one-month window to...