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- 23 Aug 2020
FIRS Moves to Plug Tax Revenue Leakages
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has decried a systemic abuse of the pioneer incentive scheme instituted by the Federal Government, which has led to tax revenue leakages for the three tiers of…
- 8 Sept 2021
FIRS Proposes New Bill to Strip States of VAT Collection Powers
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has approached the National Assembly to move Valued Added Tax (VAT) and other tax related matters to the exclusive list, which is aimed at granting the federal…
- 30 Jan 2015
FIRS Generates N4.69trn Revenue in 2014
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said yesterday that it generated N4.69 trillion from taxes for the Federal Government in 2014. FIRS said in its Quarterly Revenue Report issued in Abuja that…
- 22 Aug 2021
Taxpayers in Dilemma as Rivers and FIRS Fight over VAT
Taxpayers especially in Rivers State are currently in a logjam over who to remit their Value Added Tax (VAT) to between the state government and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Following a…
- 10 Jun 2025
FG May Forfeits $4m from World Bank Loan over Audit Flop
Federal government may lose $4 million from a World Bank loan after failing to get a pass mark on key audit standards in its revenue-generating agencies, such as the Federal Inland Revenue Service…
- 12 Apr 2016
FIRS Targets N4.9trn Revenue in 2016
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it is targeting a revenue of N4.9 trillion in 2016. Mr Tunde Fowler, chairman of FIRS, disclosed this on Monday at the opening of the 134th Joint Tax…
- 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…
- 9 Aug 2021
Court Stops FIRS from Collecting VAT, Income Tax in Rivers
Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has stopped the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) from collecting Value Added Tax (VAT) and Personal Income Tax (PIT) in Rivers State. The court held that it…
- 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…
- 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…
- 22 Sept 2021
FG Says It will Continue to Collect VAT
Federal Government has that based on the ruling of court of appeal, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the…
- 24 Jul 2014
FIRS Generates N1.45trn Revenue in Second Quarter
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) yesterday said it generated N1.45 trillion as revenue from tax in the second quarter of 2014. According to FIRS’ report on its operation during the period, which…
- 20 Oct 2021
Multichoice Gets Approval to Appeal N1.8Trillion FIRS Claims
The Lagos Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) that Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV, has met the conditions to appeal against the N900bn levied on it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).…
- 27 Jul 2025
New Tax Law Empowers NRS to Fine Offenders up to N10m
The newly enacted Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025, has empowered the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), renamed Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), to impose fines for individuals and companies…
- 5 Aug 2019
FIRS, MTN Bicker over Tax Deductions
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and MTN Nigeria are in another tax dispute over deductions of taxes from its 2015 record fine. This is coming days after Babatunde Fowler, chairman, FIRS,…
- 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…
- 31 Mar 2021
FIRS to Use e-Storages to Drag Taxable Persons, Firms into Tax Net
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will soon begin to access computers and electronic storages belonging to taxable individuals through its Automated Tax Administration Solution, according to…
- 5 May 2021
Tax Evasion: FIRS Plans Direct Deductions from Defaulters Bank Accounts
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday said it would begin direct deductions from tax defaulters’ bank accounts and other assets. The FIRS stated this in widely publicised notices signed…
- 12 Dec 2025
FIRS says MOU with DGFIP Won’t Compromise Nigeria Tax Data Sovereignty
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has clarified that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently signed with France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP) is a strictly…
- 9 Feb 2024
MultiChoice Agrees to Pay N35.4Bn as Part of FIRS Tax Claim
MultiChoice Group has agreed to pay N35.4 billion as part of its tax obligations to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). This is about 10per cent of the initial claim filed by the Nigerian tax…
- 15 Aug 2021
FIRS Takes VAT Custody Case to Appeal Court
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has gone to appeal court to determine who actually has the powers to collect tax on goods and services to the states of the federation, otherwise, Value Added…
- 1 Jan 2026
FIRS Rebrands as Nigeria Revenue Service, as New Tax Laws Take Effect
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has officially metamorphosed into the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), unveiling its new institutional brand identity. The development ushers a new dawn in…
- 9 Jan 2022
FG Orders FIRS to Sanction Taxpayers Who can’t Access IT
Federal Government has ordered the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to sanction noncompliant taxpayers refusing access to information technology (IT) systems. Speaking during a public…
- 6 Jan 2026
Zacch Adedeji says Rebranded NRS will Overhaul Revenue Administration
Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) says its replacement with the defunct Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will overhaul the architecture of the country’s revenue administration. Dr Zacch Adedeji, the…
- 2 Jan 2026
FIRS Transforms into NRS as Nigeria Ushers in New Tax Era
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has officially given way to the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), signalling a pivotal shift in the country's revenue administration framework as the Nigeria…
- 9 Aug 2019
Presidential Panel, FIRS Partner on Recovery of Tax Revenues
The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) is to panel with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to recover tax revenues from companies who hitherto…
- 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 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 &…
- 11 Mar 2021
EFCC Arraigns Nine FIRS Top Shots for Alleged N4.5Bn Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned Peter Hena, former coordinating director of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and eight other officers of the agency before…
- 16 May 2021
HURIWA Accuses FIRS of Witch-Hunt for Demanding 70m Tax
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of exhibiting tendencies of tyranny in an illiterate manner by illegally asking the…