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- 12 Apr 2026
LIRS Extends Individual Tax Filing Deadline to April 21
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has further extended the deadline for filing individual annual income tax returns to April 21, 2026, following high traffic on its eTax platform. LIRS LIRS…
- 22 Jan 2023
LIRS Reaffirms January 31 Deadline for Filing of Annual Tax Returns by Employers of Labour
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has announced that January 31, 2023, remains the deadline for filing the annual tax returns by employers of labour. The LIRS Executive Chairman, Mr Ayodele…
- 24 Nov 2025
Subair named board chair of the year, as LIRS emerges top revenue agency
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has once again demonstrated excellence and sector leadership as it received major recognitions at the 2025 Peak Performer Awards, held at the Lagos…
- 18 Feb 2025
Lagos Lawmakers Commend LIRS on Historic N1 Trillion Revenue Milestone
Legislators in Lagos State have commended the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) for achieving an unprecedented milestone in revenue generation, surpassing ₦1 trillion. This landmark…
- 30 Jan 2023
LIRS Boss, Ayodele Subair, Bags Vanguard's Public Sector Icon Award
Mr Ayodele Subair, Executive Chairman, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has been conferred with the 2022 Public Sector Icon of the year at the 11th edition of the Vanguard Personality of…
- 16 Jan 2013
LIRS Nets N17Bn from Tax Defaulters
Lagos state government has recovered N17 billion from tax defaulters last year, according to Mr. Babatunde Fowler, chairman of the Lagos Inland Revenue service (LIRS). The LIRS has also been able to…
- 18 Dec 2019
LIRS Introduces e-Tax Platform
Lagos State Revenue Service (LIRS) has introduced an e-platform portal to make the process of tax payment easier and faster. This was made known by Mr. Ayodele Subair, chairman, LIRS, at a…
- 7 Aug 2022
LIRS Partners Deloitte to Boost Transparency in Tax Administration With Whistle-Blower Initiative
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has said its Whistle-Blower Initiative will deepen transparency, and accountability and uphold a high standard in the administration of the tax system…
- 28 Sept 2023
LIRS Tasks Business Organizations On Consumption Tax Compliance
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has urged owners of restaurants, hotels, and event centres operating in the state to contribute to the state's development by prioritizing the monthly…
- 9 Oct 2024
Subair Emerges Most Outstanding Public Sector CEO @TPP FEST 2024, As LIRS Wins Multiple Awards
In a remarkable recognition of exemplary leadership and dedication to public service, Mr. Ayodele Subair, executive chairman, of Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, has been named the Peak…
- 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…
- 14 Jul 2020
LIRS Plans Additional Tax Incentives and Reliefs to Taxpayers in Lagos
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has commenced the implementation of additional reliefs and measures to further ease the impact of the pandemic on taxpayers in Lagos State starting from…
- 3 Mar 2025
LIRS Reminds Taxpayers of March 31, 2025 Deadline for Annual Tax Returns Submission via eTax Portal
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) reminds all individual taxpayers, including self-employed individuals, those in the informal sector, and employees under the Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) scheme,…
- 29 Mar 2022
No Extension of Deadline for Filing Individual Annual Tax Returns, LIRS Warns
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has announced that there is no plan to extend the deadline for filing individual annual tax returns beyond its statutory date of March 31. Mr. Ayodele…
- 28 Feb 2026
LIRS Extends Deadline for Filing Individual Tax Returns to April 14
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the deadline for filing individual annual income tax returns to April 14, 2026. The extension shifts the original statutory deadline from…
- 9 Mar 2016
LIRS Introduces New Tax Forms, Slashes Cost of Replacing e-TCC
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service ((LIRS) has announced various initiatives aimed at achieving efficient tax administration in the State, as part of efforts to enhance the ease of doing business…
- 20 Nov 2023
LIRS Upgrades Revenue Collection Process for Hospitality Sector
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has announced the immediate deployment of an upgraded process for the collection of Hotel Occupancy and Restaurants Consumption Tax (HORCT) in Lagos State.…
- 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…
- 21 Jan 2021
LIRS Gives Employers Deadline to File Annual Tax Returns
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has urged all employers of labour in Lagos State to file their Company’s Annual Tax Returns on or before the statutory deadline of January 31, 2021 to…
- 25 Jan 2026
LIRS to Invoke NTAA to Recover Unpaid Taxes from Bank Accounts, Others
Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) pursuant to Section 60 of the Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA), plans to ask Nigerian banks to debit bank accounts of employers who failed to remit tax…
- 31 Jan 2024
LIRS Extends Deadline for Filing of Annual Tax Returns to February 7
In view of the recent downtime experienced on the e-tax portal, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the filing of employers' annual tax returns by 1 (one) week starting from…
- 26 May 2020
LIRS Extends Deadline for Filing Annual Returns to June 30 over COVID-19
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), further extended the deadline for filing of Annual Tax Returns to June 30, 2020, following the continued economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a…
- 2 Aug 2022
LIRS Set to Launch Whistle-Blower Initiative August 5
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is set to launch its Whistle-Blower initiative, a state-wide project, introduced to provide a platform for employees, stakeholders and the general…
- 3 Feb 2025
LIRS Highlights Importance of Tax Compliance for Access to Free Services
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has reiterated that the provision of FREE West African Examinations Council, WAEC registration for SS3 students in state-funded secondary schools is a…
- 24 Sept 2023
Stamp Duty Is Revenue Stamp, Not Postage Stamp, LIRS Chief Clarifies
Mr Tokunbo Akande, Special Adviser to the Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, has clarified the misunderstanding about stamp duty as he maintained that it is a…
- 31 Oct 2023
LIRS Shuts Down 34 Companies over Tax Debt
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has closed down 34 corporate organizations for failing to remit Personal Income Taxes of their employees and for non-remittance of Consumption Taxes by…
- 28 Jan 2026
Subair: LIRS Won't Raid Accounts – Unless You've Lost Every Court Battle
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service Executive Chairman Ayodele Subair Tuesday demolished online panic over alleged bank account raids, insisting the agency's "Power of Substitution" targets only…
- 20 Jul 2016
Uber, PwC Help FIRS & LIRS On Transport-Industry Tax
Charging to drive someone around Lagos was chiefly a cash-in-hand job before Uber launched in Nigeria two years ago. To this day, the rest of the transport industry remains largely informal, with no…
- 27 Dec 2019
NITDA Calls Out Lagos State Internal Revenue for Breach of Data Protection Regulation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called out Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) for breaching the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation. NITDA, in a statement…
- 10 Jul 2019
Lagos to Start Using BVN to Collect Taxes
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has declared its readiness to integrate the existing Taxpayers Identification Digit (PID) into the nationwide Tax Identification Number (TIN) system with…