₦airaland Forum

Fearurcreeator:
Most tax on earth... Lolzzzz.

Pound for pound Nigerians pay the most tax on earth I can prove it

What is the name or caption of each of these tax they bring to your shop?
Is that psp own(refuse collection) among the levies?

How many taxes are usually presented to your shop yearly?
I just want to understand something.

chicfarmer:
I have experienced running a shop. Oga do you know how many local government tax demands they bring to shop owners annually? Dem bring sotey dem bring radio/television tax demand and you must pay/settle. Oga farmers who make the mistake of transporting their produce from one town to the other to sell for higher prices will tell you horror stories they encounter from legal/illegal tax collectors on the highway. Forget Nigerians dey pay so much tax without realising it.

nairalandadeux:
No, even if we met opec quota, it won't be enough.

Countries that do well produce stuff the world needs. They don't rely on oil.

Nigeria can't rely on oil. Our population is too big for it. That's why tinubu is a bad leader. He rules without taking that into account.

Whether it is going to be enough or not is not yet the issue.
The issue is that whatever that is being earned as revenue from all these sources is being LOOTED..
You gerrit?
If the little that can't go around is alrwdy being looted, how much more when the earnings are bigger..?

Corruption is the issue.., the problem

What is the meaning of BRT? And what differentiates it from the usual korope buses/tricycles pls?

FutureFocus:
How many percent of Nigerians are employed?
Beside I disagree, simply say we pay undocumented taxes

A korope buses and tricycle drivers pay move tax than they he BRT company

We pay taxes even when transportation things from one place to another , some guys will block road and say owo da, you must pay, even when you pay them 2,000, they will should our money is 10k, and you must pay, note that we don’t get invoices for these illegal taxes
And there is no record for them

SarkinYarki:
Why should a tax professional say this kiind of nonsense? There is no Nigerian living that doesn't pay tax daily , they lie to you that you don't pay tax so you can't complain about bad governance while in reality you are among the most taxed people on earth .

How?? Records show that only few Nigerians pay direct tax. If Nigerians have their way they will evade indirect tax. How many Nigerians of all levels pay capital gains tax and capital transfer tax? Nigerians from the president to the least person don't pay the right income tax.

chicfarmer:
I have experienced running a shop. Oga do you know how many local government tax demands they bring to shop owners annually? Dem bring sotey dem bring radio/television tax demand and you must pay/settle. Oga farmers who make the mistake of transporting their produce from one town to the other to sell for higher prices will tell you horror stories they encounter from legal/illegal tax collectors on the highway. Forget Nigerians dey pay so much tax without realising it.

Oga we are talking about income tax! Please why are Nigerians like this!

SarkinYarki:
Pound for pound Nigerians pay the most tax on earth I can prove it

How is that true when we can't even raise 20 billion dollars per annum in taxes from 220 million people?.

Bold admission of a plan to brainwash children.

BlackViper:
https://www.thecable.ng/icymi-only-19-of-nigerians-pay-taxes-says-firs-boss/

owobokiri:
Whether it is going to be enough or not is not yet the issue.
The issue is that whatever that is being earned as revenue from all these sources is being LOOTED..
You gerrit?
If the little that can't go around is alrwdy being looted, how much more when the earnings are bigger..?

Corruption is the issue.., the problem

33 trillion naira before looting is our budget. For 200 million people

Even if there is no looting, and there is, that still is not enough.

That is where your government is failing you, past and present. They won't take us to where the developed nations are...making stuff the world needs. That is how to be rich.

You are missing my point because you think I am here to defend tinubu, and that is why we can't have a coherent discussion, so continue belieiving the lies you are told.

We can never be rich until we use our resources to make and innovate.

Angelfrost:
That in itself is a big LIE!

The only income earners that escape taxes are those whose incomes are not documented, and that can never be more than 45% of the working population.

only a poorly educated person with poor english comprehension will disagree with someone and then make a comment that actually confirms what the person said. By the way it is not 45% according to NBS it is 92%, according to businessday they say it is 76% either way the vast majority of Nigerian activities are in the informal sector and participants dont pay income tax. I said income tax before another victim of our failed educational system jumps into my mention talking nonsense. If you had stopped to use your brain before posting you would have realised you are talking nonsense. Even the Federal govt has a total workforce of 1.1m. States together maybe another 1m, Dangote big as it is only employs 40,000 people, a bank as big as Zenith only employs 7,000 people, MTN only employs 2.000 people. So who are the formal sector enterprises that are employing Nigerians? Most Nigerian economic activity is in the informal sector and the vast majority of them are 1 man businesses who do not pay INCOME TAX.. VAT, LG tax, etc and other taxes legal or illegal is not the same as Income tax!

https://businessday.ng/technology/article/informal-sector-accounts-for-76-7-of-nigerias-workforce-report/

According to NBS,
"In Q3 2023, Nigeria's informal sector employed 92.3% of the workforce. This represents a slight decrease from the 92.7% reported in Q2 2023. The informal sector also accounts for a larger share of employment in rural areas (97.2%) compared to urban areas (87.5%). Additionally, women are more likely to be employed in the informal sector than men. "


Your plumber, you electrician, mechanic, spareparts dealer market trader, market wholesaler, farmer, wholesaler in Tejousho market etc etc many of them make as low as 500k and up to multiple millions a month...they dont pay income tax. As your mechanic, plumber etc is charging you 20k for labour so also he is charging another 3 or 4 people that same day...before you know what he has made 20-100k in a day or 400k-2m in a month. A low level mechanic who makes only 10k a day makes more than a professor or permanent secretary. No professors or civil servant earn up to them but they pay income taxes because they are captured in the formal sector wheras all these informal sector workers dont.

To get income tax from all income earners as is the case in well organized nations, you have to enforce a minimum wage on all employers of labor and that wage must be high enough to bear the tax.

SarkinYarki:
Pound for pound Nigerians pay the most tax on earth I can prove it

Lolzzzz

ElSudani:
I know.

Lolzzz

nairalanda1:


All that forms 20% of our very insufficient budget.

You have so much to understand.

Dutch disease

very sufficient for the Elite to steal like buying 130m USD plane and claiming no tax revenue from Majority

The tax those 19% paid am sure they can't account for it. Tax koor Tax ni, the government that is discouraging small businesses and killing the bigger one and make people go jobless. Skills are dieing everyday. You will buy fuel tire since there is no light, rent for business is so high so what's the essence of the tax collection again.

nairalandadeux:
33 trillion naira before looting is our budget. For 200 million people

Even if there is no looting, and there is, that still is not enough.

That is where your government is failing you, past and present. They won't take us to where the developed nations are...making stuff the world needs. That is how to be rich.

You are missing my point because you think I am here to defend tinubu, and that is why we can't have a coherent discussion, so continue belieiving the lies you are told.

We can never be rich until we use our resources to make and innovate.

You are confused and I'm trying to cure you of that confusion. That why I'm replying every mention from you.

No one is saying that Nigeria does not need to earn more. I don't know how you came into that conclusion.

What we are saying here is that even if the country earns more trillions today, it will be mismanaged because of corruption and maladministration.

This is very simple but obviously you are too heady to see simple reason and common sense. How can the countrys resources be effectively utilised when corruption is always at an all time high?

What was Nigerias budget undet OBJ? What is it today? Obviously larger today. But is there any quantum progression in terms of government deliveries on services and projects? No
So why is that the case? Simple; Because as earnings/Budgets increased, corruption increased too!

Deal with corruption first and manage whatever you have effectively and things will improve..
You don't even understand that the main reason the country is not earning as high as she could is because of wayward corruption..

Love800:
What is the name or caption of each of these tax they bring to your shop?
Is that psp own(refuse collection) among the levies?

How many taxes are usually presented to your shop yearly?
I just want to understand something.

This list is not exhaustive:
- Business Premises
- Signage
- Environmental
- Sanitation (different from environmental o)
- Radio/Television
The list dey usually reach like seven yearly and they have different enforcement teams for each.
My argument is that if these taxes/levies are properly streamlined, you will discover that most people in the informal sector pay more tax than they would otherwise have paid if they were in paid employment. So make anybody no dey do argument about Nigerians not paying income tax.

Love800:
What is the meaning of BRT? And what differentiates it from the usual korope buses/tricycles pls?

The BRT is Bus Rapid Transport system managed by Lagbus or other corporate companies, to facilitate the moment of the people, it belong to the government but contracted out to companies who managed them, my point is if you calculate the unrecorded taxes and dues danfos and LT buses pays on a daily, it’s wrong for that man to say Nigerians don’t pay taxes
If you buy new furniture and try to convey it to your house in Lagos, you will pay in many places before you get to your destination

owobokiri:
You are confused and I'm trying to cure you of that confusion. That why I'm replying every mention from you.

No one is saying that Nigeria does not need to earn more. I don't know how you came into that conclusion.

What we are saying here is that even if the country earns more trillions today, it will be mismanaged because of corruption and maladministration.

This is very simple but obviously you are too heady to see simple reason and common sense. How can the countrys resources be effectively utilised when corruption is always at an all time high?

What was Nigerias budget undet OBJ? What is it today? Obviously larger today. But is there any quantum progression in terms of government deliveries on services and projects? No
So why is that the case? Simple; Because as earnings/Budgets increased, corruption increased too!

Deal with corruption first and manage whatever you have effectively and things will improve..
You don't even understand that the main reason the country is not earning as high as she could is because of wayward corruption..

Dutch disease.

Resource curse.

Pass the books.

Every one knows the importance of paying tax. The question you should ask is why are people reluctant to pay tax?

Federal Workers and employees of registered companies are "forced" to pay tax because it is deducted at source: given a choice they will not pay..Why?

When the perception is that the taxes will not be put to work or the political class use the taxes to fund their excesses, why will anyone want to fund the lifestyle of a few from their hard-earned money? When the president moves in a 100-car convoy; that is tax payers money. When the president uses the presidential jet to UK and parks it for 107 days; that is tax payers money. Our leaders do not feel accountable to the people and do not feel they need to justify the use of public funds!!

When people see their money put to good use; Good roads, Public transportation worth using, security, potable water from the taps etc.. a political class that don't turn to billionaires after a few years in power... then maybe, just maybe people will be willing to pay tax

lawani:
How is that true when we can't even raise 20 billion dollars per annum in taxes from 220 million people?.

This is why I said pound for pound in relation to the meagre size of our economic activities.

The heavy duties ta the port are taxes

The High interest rates are a tax

You pay VAT for everything you buy

You pay local govt tax for every single thing you buy from local market

You pay tax every time you enter a bus or Keke

You pay police tax everyday when police extort people transporting goods around

Then there is incompetence tax last week I ran into a big hole in Lekki EPE that destroyed my brand new tyre , I had to get na other tyre , that cost me 105k unplanned for , my brother that' a govt incompetence tax and yet these govt clowns want to keep saying Nigerians don't pay tax using personal income tax as an excuse ...if only 19 percent are paying personal income tax it's a reflection of the unemployment stats of the country which is also govts fault

SarkinYarki:
Why should a tax professional say this kiind of nonsense? There is no Nigerian living that doesn't pay tax daily , they lie to you that you don't pay tax so you can't complain about bad governance while in reality you are among the most taxed people on earth .

Most tax payed on earth? lol 🤣


Mu mu full this forum fa! 🤣

Go to civilized world and know the real meaning on tax. 🤦‍♂️

Educationalserv:
very sufficient for the Elite to steal like buying 130m USD plane and claiming no tax revenue from Majority

LOL...you never will get it.

Good evening. I have tried. This one does not want to see...na to call me agbado dey disturb am

Themanleshey:
Most tax payed on earth? lol 🤣


Mu mu full this forum fa! 🤣

Go to civilized world and know the real meaning on tax. 🤦‍♂️

Many Nigerians never see real tax

They go to the UK, and see anemites and think the government sold 10 m barrels of oil and paid for all that...when the cold reality is that every city in the UK charges between 180-200 pounds in council tax, which you will pay on top of your income tax and VAT. That is how they can afford all those nice things in the uk.

But in Nigeria, we dey use oil money to fool ourselves. Even during GEJ time, people who knew, and who were not opposing GEJ, were shouting that the money we earned was not enough at all.

nairalanda1:
LOL...you never will get it.

Good evening. I have tried. This one does not want to see...na to call me agbado dey disturb am

Some shallow minded person want ever suffering Nigerians Masses to be Extorted in name of Tax so more fund will be Looted by Tiny Elites in Chanced leadship.
I have tried to make you understand . Nigeria leaders dont have any right to demand Tax having looted everything in sight

Educationalserv:
Some shallow minded person

You are not a child anymore. Use more mature language, and reason with facts.

Good evening.

nairalanda1:
Many Nigerians never see real tax

They go to the UK, and see anemites and think the government sold 10 m barrels of oil and paid for all that...when the cold reality is that every city in the UK charges between 180-200 pounds in council tax, which you will pay on top of your income tax and VAT. That is how they can afford all those nice things in the uk.

But in Nigeria, we dey use oil money to fool ourselves. Even during GEJ time, people who knew, and who were not opposing GEJ, were shouting that the money we earned was not enough at all.

pack go one side The UK this and That .
How about Uae
How about Saudi Arabia
How about Qatar
How about Brazil
How about Botswana
Namibia .
This are low tax resources rich nations

nairalanda1:
you

So, can any of those developed countries you guys admire survive if only 19% of the country people were paying?

You guys, you can be absive, and God knows, I hate our APC Leaders, but the reality is, we don't pay enough in tax, and anytime it is suggested, you guys will shout poverty.

So, stop complaining, and don't complain when government takes loans...cause that's all that is left.

Nigerians pay tax everyday in their shops. Tell your go to to use to be productive time with that money instead of siphoning it.
Do you know how much transporters pay everyday. Ask me oluoma. Shops like idumota, main market onitsha rakes in billions every year.
Where is the money?

Even private cars pay tax to police. There is no angle Nigerian govt don't milk Nigerians from.
So rest this your argument.

A d the most annoying thing is we don't see any tangible thing they do with this money.

nairalanda1:
You are not a child anymore. Use more mature language, and reason with facts.

Good evening.

more tax so Emefele,Dasuki and Dezani will have more Loots to squander .in Corrupt ridden Nigeria more tax Collection= more Looting and squandering.
The over tax citizens don't enjoy any tax projects from Bad road to death hospital to no electricity supply to lack of Jobs to insecurity

descarado:
Nigerians pay tax everyday in their shops. Tell your go to to use to be productive time with that money instead of siphoning it.
Do you know how much transporters pay everyday. Ask me oluoma. Shops like idumota, main market onitsha rakes in billions every year.
Where is the money?

Even private cars pay tax to police. There is no angle Nigerian govt don't milk Nigerians from.
So rest this your argument.

A d the most annoying thing is we don't see any tangible thing they do with this money.

he Just a non realistic person . Citizens do bore hole ,pay vigilantee,pay private health care and education and Govt is virtually absent only active in tax Collection and spending on executive.
No he want more to theives