designVATExcel:
To add to the OP detailed explanation, for those in Abuja, the FIRS tax office you go depends on the location of your business.

The office in Zone 5 only handles government agencies.
I wonder why their website doesn't hold useful information like this.

franchuks:


Nice write up....
Please I want to know if VAT No. can be used as TIN number. Kindly help to explicitly differentiate them. Thanks and cheers.

http://www.firs.gov.ng/Pages/New-Taxpayer-Guide.aspx

As a new business owner, you are expected to:

1. Register as a corporate entity with the Corporate Affairs Commission, (CAC);
http://new.cac.gov.ng/home/registration-steps/

2. For new business owners, your Taxpayers Identification Number (TIN) is generated automatically.
For further information, click HERE.
TIN is free

For registered businesses that have not obtained or have forgotten their TIN click HERE:
and type in your RC Number/BN Number @ to ascertain your (TIN).
Your corresponding business name and the assigned TIN and Tax Office will be displayed.
TIN has been generated for all registered companies and entreprises.

3. Register to file and remit Value Added Tax, (VAT) and Withholding Tax (WHT) at the nearest FIRS office. (See the list of FIRS offices HERE
Note that you must file and pay VAT and WHT tax returns not later than 21st of every month.
You can also download VAT and WHT tax forms HERE:

4. File your Companies Income Tax, CIT, returns not later than six months after the end of the Accounting Year or 18 months after the commencement of business or whichever comes first.

http://www.firs.gov.ng/Media-Centre/Pages/Press-Release-04032015_01.aspx

Taxpayers can now pay their taxpayers online by logging into the internet banking platform of any commercial bank in Nigeria, choosing the FIRS link and following the prompting.

This is the product of the electronic tax-pay solution, an ease of tax payment initiative of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and Systemspecs Limited.

At the launch and public sensitization of the new product over the weekend in Lagos, the Acting Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Alhaji Kabir Mashi explained that the e-Tax Pay Solution is a self-service FIRS channel available on all commercial banks ' Internet banking platforms. He said once a taxpayer logs into any bank' s Internet banking platform, he can click the FIRS link to pay his taxes and or submit necessary documents, the same way he may choose to pay other bills.

Mashi said: "It is that simple. It is that convenient. It is that accessible and it is very secure. Taxpayers do not have to go to any tax office before taxes are paid. Tax payment is just a click away", representative of the Acting Executive Chairman of FIRS, Achilis Amahwe, explained.

"It is this quest for simplification of tax payment process and ease of access to tax services that led FIRS to recently roll out the electronic filing service under the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS). It serves as a means of reducing time and cost of compliance for the taxpayers and reducing interface between the taxpayers and tax authorities. It provides added convenience for taxpayers who will now sit at the comfort of their homes and offices and upload their tax returns on the e-Tax Pay Solution platform", Mashi further explained.

Mashi urged the taxpayers to cultivate the use of the e-Tax Pay Solution or e-filing platforms as those were created for their convenience and ultimately engender a transparent and efficient tax system that optimizes tax revenue collection and voluntary compliance.

"We therefore hope that taxpayers will respond positively to these innovations and utilize them to a large scale. This will not only ease compliance for the taxpayers but also enable FIRS to ensure greater transparency in our operations as taxpayers will have full access to their records, which they upload and also to the payments which they make", Mashi added.

The Coordinating Director, Field Operations Group, who was represented by Director, Medium Tax Department, Peter Olayemi said the e-Tax Pay Solution will boost tax revenue collection.

"These self-service initiatives are being introduced to strengthen the self-assessment regime and to improve voluntary tax Compliance using the online payment options. These initiatives will bring in more tax revenue and also provide convenience for both the taxpayers and the tax authorities", Olayemi said.

Explaining the features of the e-tax pay solution, the Director, Programme Management Office (Tax), Gbolaga Oshiga said the platform is so user friendly and interactive that a first-time user would not find it difficult to complete the process.

The launch and demonstration of the platform attracted stakeholders from various sectors of Nigerian economy including Dangote Plc, Guiness Nigeria, Chevron, banks and telecommunications operators.

The e-Tax Pay Solution is an modernization initiative put together by the FIRS in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and the System Specs Limited to meet the expectations of taxation stakeholders in the area of service delivery.

Emmanuel Obeta
Director,
Communications and Liaison Department,
March 2nd,2015

bigtt76:
VAT is a statutory tax that must be paid and is different from your income tax for which a TIN is issued to the business. VAT number is also issued to the business enabling them collect VAT on behalf of government.

teemy:
Every company has automatically been assigned a TIN number



You can also pay your tax on your bank's e-platform

daisy1:


I cannot seem to click that link. They said every new business TIN is automatically generated. The link doesn't open.

FetchUK:
How easy is it to pay tax without monthly tax returns. Paying every month is very tedious, would have loved quarterly, bi annual or yearly.

Fees for monthly filing through an accountant is exorbitant like having another employee on the payroll. What can I do please?

Virtualaccounts:


We charge as low as 10k per month.

Unfortunately there's little you can do about the monthly filing of returns. Some returns are mandatory for filing on a monthly basis while others are annual. The system doesn't have any provision for quarterly or no annual.

Please speak with us today let us take the burden off your shoulders without breaking your bank.

lifestyle1:


Hi. Good morning.

Is it possible to use another company's TIN to file tax returns for another company ?

If not, what's the implication of doing so ?

Thanks

teemy:
Every company has automatically been assigned a TIN number

rawe45:


I doubt this is true.

teemy:
i was planning on going to the tax office for mine before i found it on the cac site

Ahmed0336:
I don do my own since last 3 weeks say my plastic id never ready. Make dem no chose d path of National ID o cos dat one na since 2013 and my plastic id never ready

FakoMaybach1:
I am a tax practitioner, TIN is free but you have to endeavor to register before 6 months after your incorporation date, else you are fined 10,000 for the first month and 5000 every subsequent month.

It is wiser to use a tax consultant, cus due to the relationship they have with tax offices, such penalties are usually waived. The tax man has the authority to waive the penalty if he so chooses, don't let em tell you otherwise, i have enjoyed such waivers numerous times.

Be careful on claiming you just started business, the Tax man can access your bank and know if you have earned income, they even have the right to demand for your bank statements, through withholding taxes sef exposes people that claim to be nursery companies meanwhile they have earned income

Your tax consultant is like your doctor, tell him the whole unadultrated truth, i have had clients lie to me and it made me look really bad and caused unnecessary delays.

It pays to pay your tax, compliance is cheaper than remedial, i know you are asking what has Nigeria done for you?. But someday you will need Nigeria, either a loan, or a contract etc and then you will have to pay through your nose to get what you need, a stitch in time saves 9 ooooo

truffle:
My agency assists in registration of business name and incorporated trustees like churches NGO etc,now because of issues of trust and also to allay the fears of potential/new clients who are working with me for the first time,what I do is that I collect half of the payment and proceed to do the registration and everything,then when the certificate is ready you can pay up the balance,this is solely to build trust.for more info pls contact mr biola on 08170273973,my office address is no 4 Yusuf close,agidingbi,ikeja(corporate affairs commission head office is a 5mins walk from my office).thank you all.

Jubrilx3:
I can't generate my TIN number from the cac site, somebody help

Ahmed0336:
I don do my own since last 3 weeks say my plastic id never ready. Make dem no chose d path of National ID o cos dat one na since 2013 and my plastic id never ready

ElizaVeta:


It's 2020.. has your national ID been issued?