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Before I left Nigeria for the UK, my monthly tax was over 250k…

Despite that, I pay for healthcare;
My shock absorbers gets damaged every 6 months or so & I replace with my money;
I pay for my children’s school fees;
I pay for my water;
I pay to contribute whenever the transformer gets spoilt;
I still queue for fuel…

If I am still in Nigeria, with this new tax system, I will be paying almost 500k tax & still nothing to show for it.
Where I am now, I’m excited to pay 25% tax but kids go to school for free & are fed daily for free, I don’t drive trying to avoid potholes anyhow, free healthcare, amongst many others.

Guess what? The government pays my kids $600 each monthly for just being children.

Something is wrong with your brain if you are advocating for this new tax system while there is no improvement in quality of life after even removal of fuel subsidy.

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Na only nigeria You pay tax and still go Contribute money for transformer Wey no go work..


Bro, suffering dey naija..

There's no difference

Anyone who actually has sense would notice

Before a country can work very well, half of the GDP must be taken as taxes

The government has lost public trust hence why this new tax law will cause more chaos than praise.

They’ve mismanaged the countries resources, removed all forms of succor and now still wish to pauperize struggling Nigerians.

I would advise that the tax law be suspended till Nigerians can see practical use of our commonwealth, not cars, houses and largesse.

Also, they need to reorganize the tax categories. A Nigerian earning 3 million NGN per annum is poor. That’s less than $2000 USD.
Put rent, energy, transportation, fees, healthcare, feeding, personal needs and utilities into the equation and there’s no way the FIRS Boss can justify the taxation.

lawani:
Before a country can work very well, half of the GDP must be taken as taxes

I guess the gulf countries are not working well.

We have natural resources, that if managed properly the government has all that it needs to attend to its duties. Cut down the size of government, adopt fiscal discipline and Nigeria would work with minimal taxation.

Baxilexi:
The government has lost public trust hence why this new tax law will cause more chaos than praise.

They’ve mismanaged the countries resources, removed all forms of succor and now still wish to pauperize struggling Nigerians.

I would advise that the tax law be suspended till Nigerians can see practical use of our commonwealth, not cars, houses and largesse.

Also, they need to reorganize the tax categories. A Nigerian earning 3 million NGN per annum is poor. That’s less than $2000 USD.
Put rent, energy, transportation, fees, healthcare, feeding, personal needs and utilities into the equation and there’s no way the FIRS Boss can justify the taxation.

I don't support the sales tax on petrol. It is the states that should buckle up on income tax. Then minimum wage should be high enough to bear tax and it should be enforced on all employers. The money should be used for free healthcare education and etc. If a country will move forward half of the GDP must be taken as taxes. No income should be tax free. How do you help the common people if they don't pay tax?

Baxilexi:
I guess the gulf countries are not working well.

We have natural resources, that if managed properly the government has all that it needs to attend to its duties. Cut down the size of government, adopt fiscal discipline and Nigeria would work with minimal taxation.

What is the per capita revenue from oil in gulf countries vs Nigeria? They can afford zero tax but Nigeria cannot!
The annoying part is that some are already paying taxes, The majority of which are going to get a relief from this tax law. The main complainers are the people that never paid and are not willing to pay! Its crazy! Make i dey pay tax but you do NOT want to pay because you are in the informal sector! Yet you want to use amenities like me.
Anybody complaining about the tax law should get his brain checked!

Baxilexi:
I guess the gulf countries are not working well.

We have natural resources, that if managed properly the government has all that it needs to attend to its duties. Cut down the size of government, adopt fiscal discipline and Nigeria would work with minimal taxation.

Even the golf countries will have almost half of the GDP in government hands. Then you might get some high paying jobs in those countries but they are not advanced countries. In any advanced country a chunk of the GDP is taken as taxes. Free education free health and etc consumes a lot of money. You can't make a country like Nigeria a good country without taking half of the GDP as taxes. Good things cost money

Buccalcavity2:
What is the per capita revenue from oil in gulf countries vs Nigeria? They can afford zero tax but Nigeria cannot!
The annoying part is that some are already paying taxes, The majotity of which are going to get a relief from this tax law. The main complainaners are the people that never paid and are not willing to pay! Its crazy! Make i dey pay tax but you do NOT want to pay because you are in the informal sector! Yet you want to use amenities like me.
Anybody complaining about the tax law should get his brain checked!

It is government that is not serious. It is easy to make everybody pay once you fix minimum wage. If you own a shop you must pay yourself above minimum wage and pay your workers minimum wage on which tax is deductible

You are enjoying a system in UK

Ask yourself
What sacrifice did the fore fathers of UK fought. The countless wars they fought, the blood they shed fighting against evil kings. ...

And removing evil kings inorder for their young future generation to have good society.
These same white people suffered bad government with corruption and injustice.

Instead of them to Japa.
They stood together and fought and changed their country for good.

Now you Japa your own country to go and chill in another man country. To enjoy the fruits of their ancestors blood and sweat.

There Ancestors are smiling from the grave seeing their sacrifice didn't go in vain for their future generations.

While Nigeria keeps rotting away
Who will save Nigeria??

Welcome to Nigeria where...

You will pay for electric poles to draw light,

Contribute money to buy transformer,

Pay for neighbourhood Vigilante,

Dig your borehole +overhead tank,

Pay money to road committee to repair roads in the neighbourhood,

But solar panels, battery etc for light,

Save salary for years (or steal) to build a house, buy car etc

Pay so much for private hospitals & private schools.
....

&yet Tax is deducted from your salary.

The characters supporting this nonsensical tax reform don't know how provocative it is.

They that compare themselves with themselves are not wise.

2 Corinthians 10:12 - “For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.”

Too much comparison is one of the fuels of depression.

The usual excuse — do you think advanced countries developed without taxation first?

Something is seriously wrong with these immigrants.

Every year they adjust taxes to continue to provide those services. But you think nigeria must provide the services fiest before taxing. You need your head checked.

And they will go, oh the money will be embezzled, you think there is no corruption in the US or UK? Pay first and demand accountability.

Or we just keep blaming and remain where we are.

UK didn't achieve this overnight. We are just less than a century old. There's nothing to be compared here

Brothers and sisters, behold one of the reasons why Nigerians are uncomfortable giving their hard-earned money to politicians to fund their lifestyles in the name of paying taxes

Yes because in Nigeria, less than 30% of the population pays taxes..in the UK it's probably the majority of the population.

And the average Nigerian won't see the problem

Same issue with electricity

We should even focus more on the state governors. They collect huge allocations, with little to show for it.

Sometimes, I pity the president

Our 30k laptop warriors will avoid this post like plaque... You will definitely see some of them still come here and defend this hardship with fake propaganda

Even me, it better I earn 100k in UK and I pay 50k tax because I will definitely see what I'm paying for, than paying it in Nigeria where it will be looted for their unborn generation

He forgets to mention stipends he gets when out of job. In Nigeria, after paying government, you still pay informal taxes to touts for buying your own goods snd carrying them in your vehicles.

lawani:
Before a country can work very well, half of the GDP must be taken as taxes

From where, if it is not working well already, how do you get it from the poor economy. Factor in corruption before you misyarn oh.

So after that hope you will not join those complaining of increase in inflation?

lawani:
It is government that is not serious. It is easy to make everybody pay once you fix minimum wage. If you own a shop you must pay yourself above minimum wage and pay your workers minimum wage on which tax is deductible

Buccalcavity2:
What is the per capita revenue from oil in gulf countries vs Nigeria? They can afford zero tax but Nigeria cannot!
The annoying part is that some are already paying taxes, The majotity of which are going to get a relief from this tax law. The main complainaners are the people that never paid and are not willing to pay! Its crazy! Make i dey pay tax but you do NOT want to pay because you are in the informal sector! Yet you want to use amenities like me.
Anybody complaining about the tax law should get his brain checked!

If you like give Tinubu 600 billion dollars a year budget nothing will change , these people are mindless criminals out to loot , every decision they take is just to whet their greed ...when he resumed didn't he immediately approve a 15 trillion Naira contract for a deceptive coastal road ? Immediately paid 10 percent mobilization and they ended up doing less than 15 KMS total and left the site ? Keep supporting these mindless evil being okay

RollinTNDA:
I pay for my children’s school fees;
I pay for my water;
I pay to contribute whenever the transformer gets spoilt;
I still queue for fuel…

Yes because especially on water and electricity, most of you don't pay the amount needed to guarantee not paying for your transformer or building borehole

In the UK, most people pay their electricity bills and water bills at rates that if they were to charge it here and force most people to pay it , there will be riots

We are not a rich country like Saudi.

This is what many Nigerians don't understand. If I am in a country where public funds are honestly used and accounted for,I will be very happy to pay taxes.

This is a false representation

What tax bracket in UK pays 25% as taxes

25% taxes in UK is likely the lower earners now compare the lower earners in UK to those in Nigeria and see what their tax bracket is in Nigeria

You carried your children go private school, no be govt blame be that.

nairalanda1:
Yes because especially on water and electricity, most of you don't pay the amount needed to guarantee not paying for your transformer or building borehole

In the UK, most people pay their electricity bills and water bills at rates that if they were to charge it here and force most people to pay it , there will be riots

We are not a rich country like Saudi.

You've started now

How much is our minimum wage compared to the UK that you want us to be taxed exactly like they are?

You're not excited to pay any tax, you've got no choice, simple

Thats not it but corruption must be reduced to a minimum

lawani:
Before a country can work very well, half of the GDP must be taken as taxes