VAIDS has opened the leeway for the income, assets and transaction data of millions of Nigerians to be obtained from a variety of sources, including land registries, banks, FIRS, Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Airports of Authority of Nigeria and numerous payment information platforms.

Such data have been analysed to yield tax debt profile of individuals and companies after which letters were written to defaulters, warning them to comply with VAIDS before the deadline.

Owners of undeclared offshore assets are equally certain to be tracked through a variety of multi-jurisdictional agreements to which Nigeria is signatory.

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