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FIRS Registers 362,000 New Tax Payers by Ofunaofu: 8:44pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said in
Abuja that it registered 362,000 new taxpayers
across the country within the last few months.
Chairman of the service, Mr Babatunde Fowler,
disclosed this while briefing newsmen after a
budget defence session with the Senate Committee
on Banking and other Financial Institutions.
He said that the service was targeting to meet 90
per cent compliance with tax-paying.
“The honest truth is that when it comes to payment
of Value Added Tax (VAT), less than 10 per cent in
terms of numbers actually are remitting on VAT. If
those people who are benefiting from Nigeria and
actually have the love for Nigeria can do the right
thing by paying their taxes they will be empowering
government to provide services.
“We intend to make sure that we get at least 90 per
cent compliance. Over the last few months, we have
added over 362, 000 new tax payers and then our
job is just to make sure that we enforce payment,”
he said.
Fowler added that the service planned to recruit
1,250 new staff once its budget was approved.
“Basically, what we are discussing is 2016 budget
and within the budget, we do have in line for
recruitment of staff in terms of staff expansion. In
total we are expecting to recruit about 1,250 and we
have not started and that process will start once the
budget has been approved,” he explained.
He said that the service would embark on mass
sensitization so that more people would pay tax and
Nigeria would develop.
The chairman expressed confidence that even with
the economic crunch, the service would meet its
target for 2016. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/firs-registers-362000-new-tax-payers/ |
Re: FIRS Registers 362,000 New Tax Payers by Kyase(m): 9:30pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Mo money mo problem-biggey |
Re: FIRS Registers 362,000 New Tax Payers by feldido(m): 9:42pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Though it's mandatory to pay our taxes but when we don't see the benefits of paying taxes we feel reluctant to pay anymore. |
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