Taxation
LIRS gives Employers January 31 deadline for annual tax returns
Stanley Ihedigbo Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has issued a timely reminder to all employers in Lagos State, urging them to submit their annual tax returns for the 2024 financial year on or before January 31, 2025. The directive is by the provisions of the Personal Income…
Read More »Tax bill, it’s discontents
By Abdullahi Olayiwola Gegele Nigeria’s first attempt at incorporating Value-Added Tax (VAT) as a means of generating additional tax revenue was in 1986 under the General Ibrahim Babangida military junta when decree No 7 was promulgated to legalize sales tax (now VAT) and was being collected by the 36…
Read More »Ayodele Subair’s exceptional leadership earns him Honourary doctorate degree
L-R: Executive Chairman, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Ayodele Subair conferred with a doctorate degree in Business Administration (honoris causa) and Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, doctorate degree in Public Administration (honoris causa) of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State during the investiture, 13th…
Read More »FIRS boss wins staff’s hearts with new welfare package
Stanley Ihedigbo Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, was welcomed with open arms by ecstatic workers at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja. The staff gathered to express their gratitude for Adedeji’s exceptional welfare packages, which have…
Read More »FIRS, Estate Surveyors seek closer ties for national development
L-R, President and chairman of council, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Mr Victor Alonge; and the chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, during Alonge’s visit to the Revenue House in Abuja, on Thursday. Stanley Ihedigbo Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue…
Read More »FIRS progress commended: House Committee on Finance expresses satisfaction
From L-R, a member of the House of Representatives Finance Committee, Honourable Chike Okafor; another member, Honourable Abiodun Akinlade; Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Honourable Seidu Abdullahi; chairman, Honourable James Faleke; chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji; Special Adviser on Infrastructure to the FIRS chairman, Mr Kunle Ogidi,…
Read More »Tax reform bills: Proposed laws must go through proper legislative scrutiny, President
Stanley Ihedigbo President Bola Tinubu has said that proposed tax reform bills must go through proper legislative scrutiny, as he received the National Economic Council’s recommendation that the bills already sent to the National Assembly be withdrawn for further consultation. According to the Special…
Read More »TPP FEST 2024: Subair emerges Most Outstanding Public Sector CEO, As LIRS wins multiple awards
Executive Chairman, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Ayodele Subair with the multiple legacy awards won by LIRS. L-R: Chairman of Troyka Group, Dr. Biodun Shobanjo; Executive Chairman, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, (LIRS), Mr. Ayodele Subair; Convener, The Peak Performer Festival (TPP Fest), Dr. Abiola Salami and Director,…
Read More »FIRS launches USSD Code *829# for taxpayers’ satisfaction
Special Guest, Anthony Okonkwo; Coordinating Director, Services Support Group, M.L Abubakar; Coordinating Director, Compliance and Enforcement Group, Matthew Gbonjubola; Coordinating Director, Medium Taxpayers’ Group, Dick Irri; Chief of Staff, Tayo Koleosho; Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji; Coordinating Director, Corporate Services Group, Mrs Bolaji Akintola; Coordinating Director, Special…
Read More »FIRS to introduce e-invoice, to facilitate real-time transaction validation, storage, others
Stanley Ihedigbo Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has announced plans to introduced e-invoice, a digital solution for managing invoices to facilitate real-time transaction validation and storage, benefiting Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, and Business-to-Government transactions. Speaking at the LCCI -FIRS Private Sector Stakeholders ‘ engagement with theme,…
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