In Nigeria, companies with related-party transactions may also have transfer pricing (TP) and country-by-country reporting (CbCR) responsibilities. These entities will file their TP and CbCR returns to the tax authority in the prescribed format. Thus far, the method of filing…
The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) ruled that a company should pay excess dividend tax of NGN1.63billion on the tax-exempt profits distributed to shareholders. In the case between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Ecobank Nigeria Plc. (Ecobank or the…
To clear the air on the implementation of the Finance Act 2019, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has joined the conversation! Recall that the Nigerian President signed the Finance Act into law on 13 January 2020 while the Finance…
Compliments of the season. Welcome to BRC’s monthly series on Tax Highlights in Nigeria. It’s the final edition for the year 2019. Tax events in December 2019 did not slow down despite the festive mood at fiscal year-end. Here are four (4) top…
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 taxes from tax defaulters. According to the notice, the recovery exercise will start on 24…
