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Accountants, Lawyers, knowledgeable persons on taxes in Nigeria.

If an employer decides to give Christmas gifts to employees, will this gift be taxable? If the gift is a bag of rice how will it be taxed? If the monetary equivalent, will it be taxed?

Is it possible for someone to tax a free gift or good. stingy employer capital No


You had already been taxed when you bought the goods or gifts...from the seller..


You are not reselling it back but giving it out for free so it can't be taxed

You said gifts..

What's the taxing for again? No be something from your heart?

helinues:
You said gifts..

What's the taxing for again? No be something from your heart?

thank you bro

If you're not selling out to your workers, then it can't be tax.

Such gifts cannot be taxed in the hands of the employees. However, depending on the amount involved, FIRS may disallow it as an unallowable expenses for the purpose of computing CIT.

Damnnn niggar
Isoright

Dbull on this one!!!


The best Christmas gift you can give to your employees is to call me to come and perform at your end of the year party, trust me it will motivate them

As an employer,no do pass yourself.....If you no get money to buy bag of rice for your employees,buy basket of rice make you share for dem...You must not buy chicken for dem

Ok

They are TAX DEDUCTIBLE ..

^{PS: I just dey talk based on wetin i watch for Hollywood. Don't take me serious.}

wahala nor too much for dis country gift again una still dy reason to tax am. make una dy cool down ooo

Okay

How can you tax what's called gift dem no dey tax freebies now...


Abi gift don dey get Terms nd conditions for Buhari era ni....


It's just like me coming to ur house nd u offer me Semo nd Vegetables with alot of meat shey u go say mak I pay VAT for the Semo nd d Vegetables ni.....

Nobody force u or put u under duress to giv him or her gift which one come b Tax inside gift again....

Make Oga Seun do giveaway abeg

saintneo:
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Accountants, Lawyers, knowledgeable persons on taxes in Nigeria.

If an employer decides to give Christmas gifts to employees, will this gift be taxable? If the gift is a bag of rice how will it be taxed? If the monetary equivalent, will it be taxed?

Those things are taxable if u really want to follow the law under PIT. They are called BIK benefit in kind and 5% is the total value is taxable. But u can just find one expense head and warehouse there. Then under CIT certain conditions have to be met for it to be tax deductible. Such gift must bear the company name on it. Which we know bag of rice will not meet that criteria. So just spread it across some expense heads and don't describe it as bag of rice cos if FIRS gets hold of the GL, it will be disallowed.

Usually Christmas gift to staff in corporate companies in Nigeria like banks and the organised private sector come in the form of 13th month which is your monthly basic salary and it isn't taxable.

Yes. It is taxable. The new Personal Income Tax Amendment Act 2011 has now brought everything under the tax net. As long as the expenses were incurred on behalf of staff, the monetary equivalent should form part of the staff total emoluments for any relevant year and tax accordingly.

Lmao...

The only thing that isn't taxable is receipted expenses like Lunch etc...

The law gives you 20 plus 1 consolidated relief allowance anything else is taxable.

Even if the company provided a driver for you..

The tax man will calculate a value for that service add it to your salary and you'll pay tax on it..

Lol

okposm:


Those things are taxable if u really want to follow the law under PIT. They are called BIK benefit in kind and 5% is the total value is taxable. But u can just find one expense head and warehouse there. Then under CIT certain conditions have to be met for it to be tax deductible. Such gift must bear the company name on it. Which we know bag of rice will not meet that criteria. So just spread it across some expense heads and don't describe it as bag of rice cos if FIRS gets hold of the GL, it will be disallowed.

I hail ooh ..

Fowler senior

That's BIK and it's taxable. The new PIT law states this specifically, even 13th month salary which used to be untaxed, is now taxable since it's a bonus.

Haha NO

saintneo:
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Accountants, Lawyers, knowledgeable persons on taxes in Nigeria.

If an employer decides to give Christmas gifts to employees, will this gift be taxable? If the gift is a bag of rice how will it be taxed? If the monetary equivalent, will it be taxed?

No, file it as employee incentive.

I don't think so....

okposm:


Those things are taxable if u really want to follow the law under PIT. They are called BIK benefit in kind and 5% is the total value is taxable. But u can just find one expense head and warehouse there. Then under CIT certain conditions have to be met for it to be tax deductible. Such gift must bear the company name on it. Which we know bag of rice will not meet that criteria. So just spread it across some expense heads and don't describe it as bag of rice cos if FIRS gets hold of the GL, it will be disallowed.

The FIRS will not disallow it so far it is an incentive given to the employee. However, a state IRS can treat it as BIK and tax 5% of the value.

chloride6:


I hail ooh ..

Fowler senior

how we go do now. All the money wey we de pay nothing dem de use am do.

saintneo:
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Accountants, Lawyers, knowledgeable persons on taxes in Nigeria.

If an employer decides to give Christmas gifts to employees, will this gift be taxable? If the gift is a bag of rice how will it be taxed? If the monetary equivalent, will it be taxed?

In line with Section 51 of Personal Income Tax Act ( PITA as amended )
Benefits in kind is subjected to tax, provided Gift (in cash) can be proved beyond reasonable doubt to be benefit in kind, the tax authority will tax it and is in line with the aforementioned section of PITA

No

thanks

okposm:


Those things are taxable if u really want to follow the law under PIT. They are called BIK benefit in kind and 5% is the total value is taxable. But u can just find one expense head and warehouse there. Then under CIT certain conditions have to be met for it to be tax deductible. Such gift must bear the company name on it. Which we know bag of rice will not meet that criteria. So just spread it across some expense heads and don't describe it as bag of rice cos if FIRS gets hold of the GL, it will be disallowed.