Tax Matters

Tax Matters

AGF Eulogises Ex-FIRS boss on improved Tax Policies

May 2012 Economic Confidential

The immediate past Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service in Nigeria, Mrs. Ifueku Okaru has been commended for championing the active participation of the country in local and international Tax Administration fora which have consequently influenced the formulation of feasible taxation policies in the nation.

Speaking at a special forum organized in Okaru’s honour by the Society of Women in Taxa...

FIRS sets Deadline for Filing Tax Returns

April 2012 Economic Confidential

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has set a deadline of March 31 for all taxable persons to file their personal income tax returns.

The Chairman, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, stated this at the opening ceremony of the FIRS 2012 corporate retreat and enlarged management meeting in Abuja. She said the new Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, makes it a requirement for every individual tax payer in every state, including the FCT to file their self-assessment returns.

States Can Survive on IGR- FIRS

March 2012 Economic Confidential

After the recent announcement by Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) that the president, vice president, governors and their deputies would have to pay tax on their income based on the Amended Personal Income Tax Act, the agency has stated that all states of the federation have potentials to survi...

Subsidy: Govt Grants Waiver for Oil Importing Companies– FIRS

February 2012 Economic Confidential

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has disclosed that a federal government waiver exempted fuel importing companies from paying tax on petrol, diesel and kerosene, even when they reaped trillions from subsidy payouts. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru made the disclosure a...

FIRS Advocates Taxation in Curriculum

January 2012 Economic Confidential

Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui Okauru, the executive chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has appealed to the Federal Ministry of Education to fast track the entrenchment of taxation in the nation’s education curriculum.

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