₦airaland Forum

Smartcitizen:
If you are not punishing Nigerians, why are you hiding everything about this new tax regime that will commence by next year?

Tell your officials to come and enlightened Nigerians more about this tax and stop behaving as if you are hiding something.


You don't even know what you are getting yourselves into by next year base on the situation of things in the country.


🥱🥱🥱

GOATandYAMtheory:
Nigerians are funny people. They pay the least taxes and they are the most demanding. Lol!

WizardOfNG:
What are they hiding exactly? If I show you ten videos explaining the tax reforms explicitly, you will still ask same comment on another thread later today, tomorrow and even December.

They should come and give you a presentation in your home regarding information that is everywhere and accessible ba?

By their post we shall know them and it is amusing some of you think you can use the flimsiest of excuses to pretend you care about Nigeria or her progress.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT8HMUaI9_s?si=k668GuKDZvHzF7AM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgtaQAmTBKg?si=8yazF5TgILdIjij3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MganE8JzPc4?si=frV9cwZ05O38JfkO

Wahabfuture:
This is lie, how are Nigerians the most demanding? no electricity or clean water, what are Nigerians benefiting from the Government? I await your response. stop supporting Government of looters

WizardOfNG:
Good post and utterance from a progressive and well-meaning Nigerian. Very different to the post of the nuisances above yours.

Sure that is always a worry but we have never had a decent culture of proper collection of taxes from those who can and should pay it.

I feel we should begin from that point at least and then play our part challenging Government to spend what is collected judiciously.

What we have now is condemnable i.e a situation where tax collection is lax and virtually non-existent because Government is too focused on oil income to care about other legitimate avenues of raising money to use developing Nigeria. The principle of collecting tax efficiently is sacrosanct to all serious nations of the world.

WizardOfNG:
Good post and utterance from a progressive and well-meaning Nigerian. Very different to the post of the nuisances above yours.

Sure that is always a worry but we have never had a decent culture of proper collection of taxes from those who can and should pay it.

I feel we should begin from that point at least and then play our part challenging Government to spend what is collected judiciously.

What we have now is condemnable i.e a situation where tax collection is lax and virtually non-existent because Government is too focused on oil income to care about other legitimate avenues of raising money to use developing Nigeria. The principle of collecting tax efficiently is sacrosanct to all serious nations of the world.

WizardOfNG:
What are they hiding exactly? If I show you ten videos explaining the tax reforms explicitly, you will still ask same comment on another thread later today, tomorrow and even December.

They should come and give you a presentation in your home regarding information that is everywhere and accessible ba?

By their post we shall know them and it is amusing some of you think you can use the flimsiest of excuses to pretend you care about Nigeria or her progress.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT8HMUaI9_s?si=k668GuKDZvHzF7AM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgtaQAmTBKg?si=8yazF5TgILdIjij3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MganE8JzPc4?si=frV9cwZ05O38JfkO

PeterObi4Presid:
But we should see corruption as what
Tax this tax that
All our money going down the gullet of politicians

WizardOfNG:
Good post and utterance from a progressive and well-meaning Nigerian. Very different to the post of the nuisances above yours.

Sure that is always a worry but we have never had a decent culture of proper collection of taxes from those who can and should pay it.

I feel we should begin from that point at least and then play our part challenging Government to spend what is collected judiciously.

What we have now is condemnable i.e a situation where tax collection is lax and virtually non-existent because Government is too focused on oil income to care about other legitimate avenues of raising money to use developing Nigeria. The principle of collecting tax efficiently is sacrosanct to all serious nations of the world.


A resource rich Nigeria has no business taxing citizens up to 25 percent of their income in a poverty capital of the world. That person u want to tax 25 percent of his income most likely has parents, siblings and friends who are poor and constantly depend n him of survival. That same person u want to tax 25 percent has fuel to buy for generator to generate electricity or install expensive solar, he has water to dig to generate water to use, he has to buy expensive water botttle to drink, he has expensive health care to care for for him self and those who rely on him. He has wack education to deal with or pay through the nose to get quality education. Nigeria has resource, money, fund generated from VAT alone is huge. The problem Nigeria has is corruption and tribalism based system.
With tribalism based system, no body will be able to challenging the politicians because everything is seen in the eyes of tribalism. Protest wont work.
Fuel subsizy was removed, allow Nigerians see the benefit of that, provide Nigerians with stable electricity, ensure free and fair election, decentralize the country so states can compete well, then introduce this type of tax, Nigerians will gladly pay.
For now, all money goes into funding the lifestyle of politicians, their families and side chicks. Pls, we wont pay. Just 4 years of service, politicians are taken care of for life. WTF!
If u dont blokc corruption, tax money will waste.
We have a very useless country where tribalism has finished us. As for me, I wont. I will use every legal means to stay awy from this until Nigeria starts fixing core issues I listed above. If I cant find my way around it, I leave the country and pay tax to a country that works well.

Solababa91:
You're quite right but the big question is who can challenge a Nigerian government, in saner climes, judicial institutions, law makers and enforcers would help put the government in check, but dues same apply in our beloved country?

Wahabfuture:
This is lie, how are Nigerians the most demanding? no electricity or clean water, what are Nigerians benefiting from the Government? I await your response. stop supporting Government of looters

WizardOfNG:
Good post and utterance from a progressive and well-meaning Nigerian. Very different to the post of the nuisances above yours.

Sure that is always a worry but we have never had a decent culture of proper collection of taxes from those who can and should pay it.

I feel we should begin from that point at least and then play our part challenging Government to spend what is collected judiciously.

What we have now is condemnable i.e a situation where tax collection is lax and virtually non-existent because Government is too focused on oil income to care about other legitimate avenues of raising money to use developing Nigeria. The principle of collecting tax efficiently is sacrosanct to all serious nations of the world.

nairalanda1:
LOL...the guy , despite probably being an APC supporter, is right.

Many of you want the things developed countries have, forgetting that many developed countries have tax to gdp of over 30% , some as high as 50%

Meanwhile we have a very low per capita GDP...even under GEJ, it was 2500 dollars . The big boys like Germany and denmark who give everything including electricity, and roads, and water to their people have gdp of 40000-50000 dollars., and they tax 30-50% of that.

Also, less than 40% of nigerians pay tax. It was as low as 16% in 2016, 30% in 2019. You may complain about the taxes you pay, but the average nigerian does not pay income tax. (PLus the revenue from levies and so forth can't fund much, even if it wasn't stolen self)

Nigeria has a tax to gdp of 10%, and 80% of our revenue comes from 1.8 million bpd of crude that is enough for a nation of 1million people, not 230 million nigerians. Even if we was really 100 million, it would still be paltry.

That's why we are chronically in debt.

And most subsaharan nations are like Nigeria. I'm serious.

If we want to have goodies...tax most nigerians, and long term...fight corruption, fight corruption, and then transition to an economy based on manufactured goods and services, and yes, if we must vote out APC to get there, so be it.

nairalanda1:
LOL...the guy , despite probably being an APC supporter, is right.

Many of you want the things developed countries have, forgetting that many developed countries have tax to gdp of over 30% , some as high as 50%

Meanwhile we have a very low per capita GDP...even under GEJ, it was 2500 dollars . The big boys like Germany and denmark who give everything including electricity, and roads, and water to their people have gdp of 40000-50000 dollars., and they tax 30-50% of that.

Also, less than 40% of nigerians pay tax. It was as low as 16% in 2016, 30% in 2019. You may complain about the taxes you pay, but the average nigerian does not pay income tax. (PLus the revenue from levies and so forth can't fund much, even if it wasn't stolen self)

Nigeria has a tax to gdp of 10%, and 80% of our revenue comes from 1.8 million bpd of crude that is enough for a nation of 1million people, not 230 million nigerians. Even if we was really 100 million, it would still be paltry.

That's why we are chronically in debt.

And most subsaharan nations are like Nigeria. I'm serious.

If we want to have goodies...tax most nigerians, and long term...fight corruption, fight corruption, and then transition to an economy based on manufactured goods and services, and yes, if we must vote out APC to get there, so be it.