₦airaland Forum

SeeWahala:
See, let me make it plain and simple for you to understand . . .

All your talks of industrialization and production is good but before you push for taxation to be increased PLEASE & PLEASE harp on the reduction of corruption and embezzlement from our public office holders FIRST

That is all I have to say concerning you and your usual rants upandan the forum 🤗

Sirmwill:
There's no difference

Anyone who actually has sense would notice

lawani:
I am not saying the government is helping now but to reach the level of what obtains in western europe, North America, Japan and etc you have to pay half of your GDP as taxes. No way around that

delkuf:
can I ask you a question and I need a simple answer. Can you say that if by Jan 2026 majorities of Nigerian start paying tax. And half of gdp is used for tax, will this govt use the money for our betterment. Will they give us free rent. Regular electricity. Good health care system.

Will this govt give us all the basic amenities we as citizen deserve. Just answer this question

raumdeuter:
What is the average income in Nigeria and what will be the tax bracket for the average Nigerian income

The OP claims he paid 250K monthly for taxes in Nigeria, I doubt the average Nigerian earner pays 250K monthly which is 3m yearly in taxes

SarkinYarki:
Someone met GDP at 380 billion and in less than 24 months wipes out a whooping you 200bn dollars and you say you are only interested in revenue to GDP ratio ? Is that why he crash the GDP so it would seem he has higher revenue to GDP ratio?

Nigeria economy has never been in a worse situation, there is no proof Tinubu has better revenue earnings potential than any other govt and if you want i could do the maths

ednut1:
his name is rowland haastrup you can check his work experience on LinkedIn. From what i can see below he was a high earner in Nigeria. Salary of 1m naira a month will give him that tax amount

lawani:
Once you start collecting taxes you have to keep it flowing and to keep it flowing you must tend to the economy and you will do it whether or not you are corrupt. Once you have a hundred billion dollars budget and you have employed people and etc you can't go back to fifty billion

nairalanda1:
LOL...have you ever held your government to account? Have you gone on protests, run for office to change things, etc?

You don't really want change in nigeria. When you do, you will leave this site and make the sacrifices

UK used to be like Naija. For centuries even. That it is good is because people got off their arse and did something. Many passed on without seeing the fruits of their labour.

Most of us Nigerians are too lazy to do that. We just support one side and hope the chop money gets to us.

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.

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.

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 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!

RollinTNDA:
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??

yorosstores:
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.

lawani:
Are there not many poor people in the UK? All countries have poor people. What the government does is make sure the poor people are paid well wherever they work so they can be taxed and the money used to develop the country.

SarkinYarki:
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

higgs:
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.

Angelfrost:
This is what I keep talking about...! We are shouting more tax and more tax.

No one is talking about transparency, accountability and a corrupt-free system of using revenue strictly for national good.

For over 6 decades since Independence, Nigerian revenue has been largely shared by a privileged few.


Even a child in UK, U.S and Canada joyfully pays taxes... This is because he or she can personally be given detailed account of what his tax is used for.

eazzzy1:
The new tax system is progressive. No matter what you make, you don’t pay tax on the first 800k. If you make 1.2m annually, you only pay 15% tax on 400k.

The new tax is a reduction of the tax burden on the poorest in the society. Minimum wage earners will pay less tax than they pay now.

RollinTNDA:
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.

While Nigeria keeps rotting away
Who will save Nigeria??

Fearurcreeator:
Nigerians normally be anini. High income earners no dey wan pay tax ... Na cow and throw Money for burial them like. Show offs. That tax them must pay

lawani:
It takes leadership. Nobody wants to pay tax in any country.

lawani:
If you don't join hands together via taxes you will be poor. You collect the tax and part of what you do is invest in local production. You support your entrepreneurs because they can't do it alone.

lawani:
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

delkuf:
so the government cannot give us basic amenities. They can't give regular electricity, good roads and a better healthcare. And you want us to continue paying more and more tax.


Nigerian will get sense one day.

lawani:
US budget is over six trillion dollars for 330 million people while Nigeria budget is less than 30 billion dollars for 220 million people but if we adjust for cost of living the US budget is not more than 600 billion dollars in Nigeria. What 6 trillion dollars can do in the US less than 600 billion dollars will do it in Nigeria. If we had a budget of over one hundred billion dollars it will go a long way

delkuf:
you want Nigerian to join hand with a govt that will collect from the poor and live large on it. It is not hard for Nigerian to pay tax but the government should show transparency. Deal with corruption, then you can now talk of increasing tax.


Don't tell a ha join hands with people that will steal our commonwealth

advanceDNA:
Weda we have 20 billion, 600 billion dollars or 500 trillion... It's never for 220 million pple...

That's the excuse Nigerian leaders come up with.. using population to justify incompetence

Once they pay salary, do small infrastructure which is all an embezzlement scheme, the rest is for their pocket...
Fuel is gone.
Currency subsidy
No free education..
No free health care..
No benefit of the aged, unemployed, or disabled....nothing...
Nigerians enjoy very little in their common wealth

So quoting a budget for 220million pple is scam...

BlackViper:
As seen on X



https://x.com/Row_Haastrup/status/1969640300927992214?t=Qsel4yBNlOdUSgYzUOOJIg&s=19[/quote]Og a u pay taxes in uk becos u dnt hav choice.u cannot get away wit it

Sirmwill:
There's no difference

Anyone who actually has sense would notice

Fearurcreeator:
Pay first anini