•Lagos, Rivers, Oyo record highest in generation

•Kano displaces Rivers, Oyo in collections


•Zamfara generates N75 m, gets N4.5 b monthly

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief



As the Value Added (VAT) war rages, Saturday Vanguard has obtained details of collections made by each state and what it was allocated by the Federation Allocation Committee (FAAC), between January and August of this year, which indicates that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Offices in Lagos, Rivers and Oyo states recorded the highest collections.

Lagos generated N429. 203 billion; Rivers, N90. 293 billion, while Oyo came third with N64. 646 billion.



However, in the allocation of VAT revenue, Kano came second, displacing Rivers and Oyo from the top places on the table, after Lagos.

Lagos received the sum of N139. 587 billion; Kano which generated N24 . 492 billion received the second highest allocation of N 47. 082 billion, while Rivers was in the third position as it got N 46. 270 billion.



Zamfara stood out as a peculiar state with the least generation of VAT revenue. It was the only state that recorded less than a billion in the eight-month period of review.

The state generated only N598. 133 million, an average of about N75 million per month.



However, it received the sum of N35. 716 billion (about N4.5 billion monthly), placing it at the forth position on the allocation table.

Kaduna which recorded a VAT revenue of N18. 262 billion, came after Zamfara with an allocation of N32. 726 billion, while Kastina which generated N3. 738 billion in the period under review got N31. 539 billion.

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An analysis based on the six geo-political zones showed that South West had the highest allocation of N256. 737 billion, particularly because of the huge allocation to Lagos state.

North West had the second highest allocation of N219. 813 billion.

The oil producing region of South-South N 162. 598 billion.

North East and North Central received N129. 801 billion and N129. 154 billion respectively; while the South East kept the rear with N 109.629 billion allocation.

A table showing what each state generated between January –August 2021 and the allocation to each of them

STATE VAT GENERATED
ALLOCATION

1.) Abia 2.290b 20.020b

2.} Adamawa 3.689b 22.260b

3.) Akwa Ibom 8.390 27.749b

4.)Anambra 5.938b 25.001b

5.) Bauchi 5.309b 25.613b

6.) Bayelsa 12.536b 17.659b

7.)Benue 1.268b 24.527b

8.)Borno 3.442b 25.896b

9.)Cross River 2.347b 20.478b

10.)Delta 13.964b 27.854b

11.)Ebonyi 7.894b 18.768b

12.)Edo 8.284b 22.588b

13.)Ekiti 6.635b 19.756b

14.) Enugu 5.485b 20.729b

15.)Gombe. 4.028b 17.650b

16.)Imo 1.941b 25.111b

17.)Jigawa 3.375b 26.369b

18.)Kaduna 18.262b 32.726b

19.)Kano 24.492b 47.082b

20.)Kastina 3.738b 31.539b

21.)Kebbi 1.284b 22.162b

22.)Kogi 3.286b 22.282b

23.)Kwara 3.471b 18.998b

24.)Lagos 429.203 b 139.587b

25.)Nassarawa 2.495b 16.872b

26.)Niger 3.723b 25.042b

27.)Ogun 11.823b 25.141b

28.)Ondo 4.554b 22.107b

29.)Osun 1.995b 24.766b

30.)Oyo 64.646b 45.136b

31.)Plateau 5.208b 21.433b

32.)Rivers 90.293b 46.270b

33.) Sokoto 4.978b 24.219b

34.)Taraba 1.756b 18.469b

35.)Yobe 9.445b 20.525b

36.) Zamfara 598.133m 35.716bn

37.) FCT 235.794bn NOT ELIGIBLE


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/09/vat-what-states-generated-received-in-past-8-months/

I find the data confusing.

Looking at the table the VAT parasites cuts across. Lagos, rivers and oyo states are the only states that generated more than they received while bayelsa, Kano, Kaduna ,gombe, delta and Ogun received +/- 50% more than what they generated.

Zamfara should never have been called a state takkless of having a governor. Meanwhile, all the states in the east apart from Ebonyi, which seem to be the only shining star from that list, performed very poorly in the period under review. They are among the biggest beneficiaries in terms of generation and allocation. Anambra surprised me sha... One would think with all the commercial activities in that state they will be up there like Oyo did.

With this data it is clear the north is not as black as painted because our states like Edo, akwa ibom, cross rivers, Benue and even imo performed abysmally.
Many more states than I thought survive on unmerited allocations too. Make we use our head sha... The oil sef is going down gradually.

Kano generated more than the entire south east
Rivers
Lagos and
Oyo
Should collect VAT abeg

The rest don’t have case

I’m impress with Ebonyi and Bauchi

Ortom Benue Na uselessness full am

Kyase:
Kano generated more than the entire south east
Rivers
Lagos and
Oyo
Should collect VAT abeg

The rest don’t have case

I’m impress with Ebonyi and Bauchi

Ortom Benue Na uselessness full am

Everybody should collect their vat. Sharing is parasitic and gives room for laziness.

Iykopee:



Everybody should collect their vat. Sharing is parasitic and gives room for laziness.

Very correct.
The state doing well are those that invested heavily on TAX infrastructure. Make everybody collect abeg...

Iykopee:



Everybody should collect their vat. Sharing is parasitic and gives room for laziness.

This is the best solution to the problem cos many of these states are certain of receiving allocation at the end of the month so they care less about what needs to be done. The solution is simply let each state collect VAT, then you will know they can work. Without that, there's nothing called development in the states

Iykopee:



Everybody should collect their vat. Sharing is parasitic and gives room for laziness.

They should change the sharing formula rather

Before doing that, all companies that are supposed to be in states they are operating should be moved there(those oil companies)
Make everybody hustle e resources

ODVanguard:
What I would like to understand is (if those figures are correct) the formula that is used for the VAT distribution. How come Kano and Kaduna are receiving over 50% of what they generated while other states got back less than 50% of their generated VAT? Is there a fixed formula or are they using an arbitrary formula to share/distribute the money?

Population is a major factor considered for revenue allocation

How on earth is Abia and Anambra generating such low amount of VAT?

FG must continue to collect the tax and share it according to our status quo,




We move
North2023

Upon the gold deposits wey dey zamfara,...ogun kill anybody wey support FG collection of vat.

Im just glad gradually everyone is seeing the reality with a clear cut eye!

Yet everyone is meant to believe its only the north that is parasitic.

Imagine Benue 1b and gets FAAC of 26b.

ODVanguard:
What I would like to understand is (if those figures are correct) the formula that is used for the VAT distribution. How come Kano and Kaduna are receiving over 50% of what they generated while other states got back less than 50% of their generated VAT? Is there a fixed formula or are they using an arbitrary formula to share/distribute the money?

you don't get it. The higher figures in Kaduna and kano are the amount received. It means they generate less and got double.

Saao:
you don't get it. The higher figures in Kaduna and kano are the amount received. It means they generate less and got double.

You still don’t understand anything
Stop commenting

Wow, from this Ebonyi just receive just a little more than twice than it generated as allocation, which means if it should delve more into its solid minerals it won't need those allocation.
Ebonyi even performed better than Abia and Imo in revenue generation, yet they make it seem it is Ebonyi who badly needs the allocation.
Inside life

This purely shows Umahi just wants to help his fulani friends up north and not that Ebonyi can't survive on its own

I think the federal and state governments should come to a pragmatic agreement.

VAT collection should run on federal infrastructure that is FIRS, while the distribution formula should be tweaked to reflect the state where final consumption has taken place.

The states keep records of consumption within there domain and then reconcile with the FIRS. This is possible with a good IT system.

However for VAT due on imported good and contracts signed in the FCT, this should be distributed among the federating units on the basis of equality with the federal government keeping 15 percent.

This will ensure the non performing states get some vat revenue but will spur them to be more creative and aggressive with internally generated revenue. Also it will lead to a more efficient use of scarce financial resources.

You just wasted FTC...nonsense
Go check the report again

ODVanguard:
What I would like to understand is (if those figures are correct) the formula that is used for the VAT distribution. How come Kano and Kaduna are receiving over 50% of what they generated while other states got back less than 50% of their generated VAT? Is there a fixed formula or are they using an arbitrary formula to share/distribute the money?

All these cooked data from the pits of hell.
All we have said is that irrespective of who is getting what or contributing what, let the states collect their VAT! What's so hard for you guys to understand in this? If it's Kano state that contributes more than the whole five South Eastern states, it means that this is an opportunity for Kano to enjoy her riches! So stop bandying all these spurious figures concorted by Fulani Bureau of Statics and poblicized by their vuvuzelas in the South West media houses..
Let states collect their VAT and taxes pls!

More on VAT.

I think the changes we need is on the sharing formular (which should favor equity most)

and the Restaurant VAT (which should be with the state)

make a graph aveg

make a graph abeg

edoairways:

Population is a major factor considered for revenue allocation

Should not be .It creates moral hazard and discourages taking responsibility. Why should people be rewarded for making babies without having to take responsibility?

Kyase:

They should change the sharing formula rather

Before doing that, all companies that are supposed to be in states they are operating should be moved there(those oil companies)
Make everybody hustle e resources

Now now now you are afraid at the mention of "everybody collecting their bats!"

But you were so quick to mention "Kano generates more than the SE!"

Leave the south east out of your life and let everybody collect their cats or even answer him papa name!!!

Hope your bp won't explode at that?!

Always south west and north.

Imagine Imo generating 1 billion and pocketing more than 25 billion.

Same with Abia contributing 2 billion in exchange for more than 20 billion.

Obi's anambra giving us 5 billion in exchange for 25 billion

Enugu giving 5 billion and taking 20 billion

Only Eboyi is working in the south east, giving us 7 billion and taking 18 billion. Manageable.

MMM

Leach

Are you guys seeing something funny in generations and allocations ?

We now know the real parasites. The Dot in a circle people

This is why we need to restructure let everyone generate and spend as they wish