Reactions as a Senator proposes for Nigerians to pay communications tax, as a solution to the country's revenue crisis.

Sen. Ndume, in an interview with Channels TV, he gave reasons why the tax is very important.

This said Bill seeks to impose and collect communication services tax (CST or levy) on charges payable by consumers of electronic communication services in Nigeria (excluding private electronic communication services) at the rate of 9%.

Key highlights of the Bill are as follows:

Electronic communication services subject to the levy include: voice calls, SMS, MMS, data usage (both from Telecommunication Services Providers and Internet Service Providers), Pay per View TV Stations etc.

The tax is to be paid together with the electronic communication service charge payable to the service provider by the user of the service.

The tax is payable whether or not the person making the supply is permitted or authorized to provide electronic communications services.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is responsible for collecting the tax from service providers and remitting it into the Federation Account.

All service providers are expected to file monthly returns not later than the last working day of the month immediately after the month to which the tax returns and payment relate.

Penalty for failure to file returns on or before the due date is N50,000 and an additional N10,000 for each day the returns are not submitted.


Failure to pay the tax by the due date attracts monthly interest on the tax due at a rate of 150% of the average of prevailing commercial banks’ lending rates as published by the Central Bank of Nigeria and for this purpose, part of one month shall be deemed to be one month.

Where interest payable is not paid within one month after the due date, interest shall be paid on the unpaid interest at the same rate and manner on the unpaid tax.

Where tax, penalty and/ or interest is due, FIRS may apply to the Court for an order that compels an individual or business who holds money for or on account of the service provider to pay to the FIRS that money or so much of it as is sufficient to discharge amount due.

Where this situation continues, FIRS may apply to the Court for an order to distrain the assets, goods, etc. of the service provider.

In the case of liquidation or bankruptcy, the tax, due shall take precedence over other obligations.


For the purpose of verification of taxes due to government, an agent would be appointed to establish both electronic and physical monitoring mechanisms to monitor, analyse, verify and save all necessary data and information.

A service provider who refuses to provide access to its relevant network for government or its appointed agent commits an offence and is liable to a penalty of 5% of annual gross revenue of the last audited financial statements and if situation persists after 90 days, National Communications Commission (NCC) may revoke the operating license of that service provider.

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That Senator is a fool why can't he suggest we cut down the costs of governance

They are only good at proposing useless bill.

What does one expects from this BH-inclined senator? You cant belong to this oppressive government & still have your senses intact.

Is he ok? seems he wasn't co coordinating when he said that. Well what do you expect from such a leader... When the people in power have nothing to contribute they misyarn so as to be noticed

I tire

Do they pay tax for all the money they steal?

Okay

I was watching Sunrise daily the day he was spewing the trash and I wondered where the country is heading to when you have such dullards pioneering the affairs of the country.

This is also a man that has Boko Haram question mark hanging on his head which he is yet to clear.

This is a man that is part of the legislooters milking us dry of our scarce resources.

Also I was concerned that Channels TV presenters we're not grilling him hard with questions as they used to prior to 2015.

I made the following conclusion within me.

The political class wants to shut the greatest voices of the masses which is social media, information and communication technology, that's why they introduced this wickedness to discourage people f on using the social media, and not to be well inform about their reckless attitude in governance.

I'm so happy that not only Igbos are suffering from this disaster called govt! Yoruba dey cry now, hausa dey shout, efik dey cry etc. Until we leave sentiments and tribalism, we will continue recycling devil's and vultures into the helms of affairs in this country! This is just the beginning, a time shall come when you start paying to poo in your houses! May God save us

Naija nawa oo!!!



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PDP was here and people booted them out for frivolous reasons and welcomed the devil’s Party APC!

The reality of everything has dawn on us all.

This guys IQ or capacity for ingenuity and creative thinking is only fit for LG administrator at best but here we are he is a senator of the federal republic!

These guys are sick. Communication tax for what? On top of the multitude of taxes they have been introducing over these past 2 years, YET roads are still bad, economy is still woeful, health sector non-existent.

While their own bogus salaries and allowances remains untouched. Nonsense!!

Tax, Tax, and Tax. That's the only thing these APC scammers know how to offer. .

We are all in the next level train together. .

If I hear pem?

See the people that use more than 5billion naira to buy SUVs....




Nigerians are just clowns
And this politicians knows this

Thunder will kill him.. U want to encourage ppl to go cashless, U want to encourage ppl to diversify d economy and in dis era every sector is technology driven but yet somehow U want to kill dem with tax despite d fact dat ppl already pay VAT on recharges and services dey use...

and this one wan be senate president

well both are the same
bunch of rubber Stamp bastards

Can Nigerians ever react intellectually to anything Always dropping one liners and trying very hard to be Savage

I'm coming let me come and be going to come and come back to comment.

Thank God this one didnt become Senate President

We dont need more tax, we only need more people to pay tax and join the tax bracket,. as it stands only civil servants, blue collar workers and government contractors pay income tax,

Government should open atleast two FIRS offices in each local government and make sure only people with tax clearance certificate access government services like free education and medical care

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Ali Ndume wants to be unfortunate I guess

e no go beta 4 u...so i go start to d pay money b4 i talk

TriCee:
While their own bogus salaries and allowances remains untouched. Nonsense!!

If you touch it
You are corrupt and Efcc will knock your door

If you try to educate zombies
The sowore treatment awaits you with DSS

Nigeria is a glorified disease

Just as those who said the high price of rice will come down, the tax rate too will come down or communication charges will come down in future

God thank you for giving us Buhari.
If we still mumu abeg nak us Tinubu, ikpeazu or yahaya Bello till we learn our lessons.