The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has published the Finance Act, 2019, in the Official Gazette. FGN amended the provisions of seven tax laws in…
Recently, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) issued a public notice on the filing of tax returns based on segment. Before a taxpayer can pay tax in…
Paying taxes is one of the four parameters that need major reform in the Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria. A taxpayer in Nigeria needs…
According to the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) Cap P8 LFN 2011 (as amended), every employer shall file employer tax returns (Form H1) with the…
Nigeria had over 100 tax news in 2019, and in those, we covered a whole lot. Tax disputes, amendment bills, new legislation, public notices, circulars,…
Nigeria has a tax treaty or double taxation agreement (DTA) with 14 countries. A tax treaty is a bilateral agreement between two countries which helps…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has issued a Public Notice dated 17 December 2019 on a nationwide tax enforcement exercise to collect all outstanding…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muhammad M. Nami, as the new Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). FIRS is responsible for assessing,…
Some provisions in the Nigerian tax laws are outdated and ambiguous. Over the years, Nigerian lawmakers made attempts to amend gray areas in the tax…
On 4 November 2019, the Nigerian President assented to the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract (Amendment) Bill 2019. The amended bill reviews…