By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hon. Zacch Adedeji as the new Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The President also directed the erstwhile FIRS Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, to proceed on 3 months...
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A shipper, Rev. Jonathan Nicole, has kicked against the sole collection of revenue by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Rev. Nicole, who is the former President, Shippers Association of Lagos State, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – For Nigeria to attain optimum tax revenue collection capacity across the Federal, States and Local Government tax authorities, the country must make hard but necessary reforms that would yield long term benefits. This was the position stated by the Chairman of the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – 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. This is the highest tax revenue collection ever recorded by the Service in any first six months of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Nigeria’s Tax-to-GDP ratio which, in the last 12 years, hovered between 5% to 6% rose to 10.86% by the end of 2021. The new ratio was communicated to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), via a letter signed by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it is leveraging on technology to drive increased revenue generation. Mr Kabir Abba, Coordinating Director, General Tax Operations Group, FIRS, said this at the broadcast of the Service’s stewardship on Tuesday in Abuja. The event with the theme “FIRS, Impacting the Nigerian...
Also named winner BusinessDay Newspaper Excellence in Public Service Award 2022 … By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami has been named winner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Merit Award 2023 in its Non-Members Category at the...
BY JOY ADARA, Abuja – A delegation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met with Nigerian representatives on 4th and 5th April 2023, at a workshop it jointly organised with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to discuss the maximisation of the benefits of the Two-Pillar...
The Kano State edition of a national sensitisation and capacity-building training programme for media professionals on the Nigerian Tax Ecosystem organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in partnership with Afropolitan Media Limited took place on Thursday 6 April, 2023. The workshop, held at the Nigeria Union of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The 36 State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have resolved to meet with all the economic and financial agencies in the country to discuss issues surrounding their states’ security votes. The governors disclosed this in a statement issued on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigeria has, again called on the United Nations and the International Tax Community to forge an inclusive, equitable, fair and universally beneficial international tax system towards the attainment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Making the call on behalf of the country, Mr....
The Tax Controller, Enugu Medium and Small Tax Office of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Mrs Stella Obiora, says the organisation generated N10.04 trillion in 2022. Obiora, represented by the Executive Chairman of the agency, Mr Muhammed Nami, stated this in Enugu on Friday during their special day...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A total of 50 journalists from Nasarawa State, have been trained by Afropolitan Media Limited in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Nigerian Tax Administration. The one-day sensitisation workshop took place on Wednesday in Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of Nassarawa...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Tax administrators must keep up with the dynamics occasioned by disruptive new technologies of the 21st century, and arm themselves with the necessary skills, capacity and character for effective and efficient tax administration in the fourth industrial revolution age. This was the position expressed...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed yesterday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on capacity building between the two tax authorities. The two agencies signed...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has stated that his recognition by the LEADERSHIP Awards as the Newspaper’s Public Service Person of the Year 2022 is a morale booster for the Service to do more. Mr. Nami stated this...
Revenue generation is very critical to the survival of a country or otherwise all over the world. It is non-debatable that most poor countries of the world are poor because they have a problem of revenue. To fix the problem of revenue generation in most developing and emerging markets,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami has joined members of the Board, management and staff in congratulating two members of the FIRS management team for receiving global recognition awards in tax and technology respectively. While Mr. Mathew...