Multinational companies often send employees to another country for business purposes. It could be a formal or an informal assignment. An example of employees on formal assignment is expatriate. An expatriate is a person residing in another (host) country for work reasons. The…
The Federal High Court, Lagos (“FHC”) has revoked the decision of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (“TAT”) in Gazprom Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited (Gazprom) v. Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) relating to services which Gazprom received from a non-resident company. Initially, the TAT…
The World Bank (WB) brought a soothing relief to the Nigerian economy with its Ease of Doing Business 2018 Report. Each year, WB releases this report which compares business regulation for local firms in 190 economies. Nigeria’s ranking soared from 169 to 145…
Taxpayer identification number (TIN) is essential for opening a corporate bank account in Nigeria. A tax resident who supplies goods or services is expected to apply for TIN with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Thereafter, a taxpayer uses TIN for tax payment and filing…
Personal Income Tax is the charge on the income of individuals, trustees, and executors. In Nigeria, the two key legislation are the Personal Income Tax Amendment Act 2011 (PITAM) and Finance Act 2020. The effective date of the Finance Act 2020 is 1…
What is transfer pricing? We can split the term “transfer pricing” into two parts; “transfer” and “pricing”. Transfer means to move an item from one place to another. Pricing is the total money estimated or agreed in exchange for an item. Hence, transfer…
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has revised the Transfer Pricing Regulations in Nigeria. First, the new scope of Transfer Pricing Regulations (TPR) includes related or associated transactions based on the provisions of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Act and Value Added Tax (VAT) Act.…
New and existing businesses in Nigeria are saddled with two or more statutory requirements. This article focuses on taxation of profits of new companies. In Nigeria, this concept is called commencement rule based on Section 29(3) of the Companies Income Tax Act 2007,…
