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- 7 Dec 2021
FIRS CollectsN4.9Trillion Taxes in 2021 – Chairman
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it generated the sum of N4.9trn between January and November, 2021 from taxes for the Federation. Out of the N4.9trn collected since the beginning of the…
- 8 Nov 2020
FIRS, NCC, ATCON to Discuss e-Govt Strategies at Nigeria Summit
Mr. Muhammad Nami, the executive chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS); Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); Mr. Olusola…
- 6 Feb 2023
LIRS, FIRS Ink MoU on Exchange of Information, Joint Tax Audit
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday, February 6, 2023, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the exchange of information and…
- 1 Mar 2021
NSE’s Demutualisation will Strengthen Investor Confidence - Nami
Alhaji Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has said the demutualisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will promote access to diverse investment…
- 6 Dec 2019
FIRS Creates eTax Services
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has created electronic tax services, (e-tax services) to improve transparency and speed in tax administration. Tunde Fowler, FIRS executive chairman, disclosed…
- 8 Feb 2019
FIRS to Go After 40,000 Millionaire Tax Defaulters
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will go after 40, 000 millionaires who have been defaulting on taxes in 2019, according to Babatunde Fowler, FIRS executive chairman. Fowler stated this…
- 3 Apr 2019
FIRS Targets Millionaires in Massive Tax Evasion Sting
Mr Tunde Fowler, executive chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that the agency is targeting to generate about N750bn from about 55,000 millionaire tax debtors. Fowler,…
- 28 Apr 2017
FIRS Adopts Technology to Drive Tax Collection
Mr Tunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), yesterday said the service was adopting technology to boost tax collection in 2017. Fowler disclosed this at the…
- 7 Jun 2023
LIRS, FIRS Issue Public Notice on Joint Tax Audit/Investigation
The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have issued a public notice on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both agencies to establish a…
- 20 Jan 2022
FIRS Priorities Taxation of Digital Economy
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will make the taxation of the digital economy its priority, this year. Johannes Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman (Media &…
- 10 Mar 2021
Ifueko Omoigui, Others to Discuss Eastern Nigerian Economic Corridor
Ifueko M Omoigui Okauru, chairman, ReStraL and former executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria (FIRS), will present the keynote speech at the 2021 Eastern Nigeria Economic…
- 4 Feb 2021
Finance Act 2020: NCC, Sister Agencies to Strengthen Collaboration with FIRS
An inter-agency committee set, up by Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, to discuss areas of collaboration between the agencies of the Federal Ministry of…
- 29 Dec 2019
FIRS to Begin Issuance of 2020 Tax Clearance Certificate in January
The Federal Inland Revenue Service on Sunday said it would begin the issuance of 2020 Tax Clearance Certificate in January. This was disclosed in a statement signed by FIRS Executive Chairman,…
- 12 May 2022
NCC, FIRS Inaugurate Joint Committee to Boost National Revenues in Telecoms Sector
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have taken their collaboration a notch further by setting up a Joint Committee of senior and management…
- 20 Mar 2023
FIRS boss Urges Tax Administrators to Deepen Investments in ICT
Mr. Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and President, Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), has tasked tax administrators to keep up with…
- 26 May 2022
Why Nigeria Backed out OECD Tax Accord - FIRS
Nigeria has declined to endorse the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Minimum Corporate Tax Agreement, according to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), since it does…
- 19 Aug 2024
FG Mulls New Tax Law
Federal government would soon enact a new law to transform Nigeria’s revenue administration, according to Zacch Adedeji, executive chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Adedeji revealed…
- 27 Jan 2022
FIRS Rakes in N6.4 Trillion in 2021- Nami
Federal government tax receipts in 2021 rose by 29.4 per cent to 6.41 trillion naira, according to Muhammad Nami, executive chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Nami said that his agency…
- 24 Sept 2018
FIRS to Freeze 6,772 Corporate Bank Accounts over Tax Default
Babatunde Fowler, executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), said that 6,772 corporate bank accounts will be frozen for defaulting on tax payments. Fowler told Zainab…
- 8 Jul 2022
Nami Rallies CITN, ICAN, ANAN on Tax Standardization
Mr. Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), is rallying the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of…
- 31 Jan 2018
FIRS Generates N4.03Trillion Revenue
Mr Tunde Fowler, chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), said the Service collected N4.03 trillion revenue in 2017. A statement by the Head, Communications and Servicom, FIRS, Mr Wahab…
- 19 Nov 2025
ALTON Hosts First Telecoms Compliance Forum to Strengthen Governance and Service Quality
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is proud to announce the first-ever Telecoms Industry Compliance Management Forum (CMF), a landmark initiative aimed at…
- 1 Oct 2021
Stakeholders Seek Govt., Technology Service Providers Engagement to Boost e-Governance
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and other stakeholders who spoke at the 2021…
- 5 Nov 2025
FIRS to Unveil Nigeria Tax Reform Acts, Engage Stakeholders on Implementation
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced plans to officially unveil the Nigeria Tax Reform Acts on Monday, November 10, during a high-level Strategic Stakeholder Engagement Session at…
- 5 Apr 2016
NOTAP, FIRS Partnership Critical for Development of Nigeria - NOTAP DG
Dr. DanAzumi Mohammed Ibrahim, director general of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has said that the partnership between NOTAP and the Federal Inland Revenue…
- 9 Jun 2025
FIRS Launches Revised SOP to Streamline Tax Payment
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has revised its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as part of efforts to improve consistency, transparency, and service delivery in tax administration across the…
- 2 Jan 2023
FIRS Makes Tax Clearance Certificate Easy to Obtain
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that taxpayers can now obtain their Tax Clearance Certificate in a single click via its flagship Taxpro Max solution. The TaxPro Max, a tax…
- 9 Jun 2020
NCC Inks MoU with FIRS to Determine VAT Elements of Telcos’ Transactions
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to ensure the tax agency ascertain accuracy and completeness…
- 29 Mar 2022
Buhari Waxes Worriedly over Current Tax Administration
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday expressed concern at the current tax system in the country characterised by fragmented administration, multiple and sometimes overlapping taxes. Buhari in Abuja…
- 13 Apr 2024
FIRS Rakes in N12.3 Trillion in 2023 – Adedeji
Mr Zach Adedeji, chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has said that the Service generated a total of N12.3 trillion in 2023. Adedeji disclosed this while noting that FIRS recorded…