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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 15 Dec 2008
Lagos Earns N120Bn from e-Service
Lagos State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) hit some N120 billion in 2008, thanks to the burgeoning operational efficiency occasioned by the use of information technology in the state accounting…
- 12 Jan 2025
Lagos State Sets Strict Deadline for 2024 Tax Returns Filing
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has issued a reminder to all employers in Lagos State to fulfill their statutory obligation to file annual tax returns for the 2024 financial year on or…
- 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…
- 27 Dec 2019
NITDA Investigates Lagos Revenue Agency
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it is investigating the Lagos Internal Revenue Service over an alleged breach of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR),…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 30 Oct 2020
AlphaBeta’s Collection of $19m Monthly Revenue in Lagos Sacrilegious- George
Olabode George, Lagos politician, has described as sacrilegious the collection of internally generated revenue in Lagos state by a private firm called AlphaBeta and earns around N7.5bn ($19 million)…
- 1 Aug 2014
Lagos Generates N120Bn from Tax in Six Months
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) said it generated more than N120bn from taxation between January and June this year. Tunde Fowler, executive chairman of the service, said in Lagos that 90…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 22 Feb 2018
Lagos Govt Introduces Electronic Revenue Assurance System
The Lagos State Government yesterday introduced Electronic Revenue Assurance System (ERA) to enhance collection of consumption tax. The electronic device is in accordance with the Hotel Occupancy and…
- 20 Feb 2014
Airtel Wins Lagos State Tax Compliance Award
Airtel Nigeria was on recently awarded the Lagos State Government 2013 Tax Compliance Award, in recognition of its compliance with international corporate governance character. Governor Babatunde…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 16 May 2024
Tax Conference: Sanwo-Olu, Zulum, Amosun, Other Experts Seek Transparent Tax System to Boost Internally Generated Revenues
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his counterparts from Sokoto and Borno States have emphasised the need to make the country’s tax system more transparent and accountable to Nigerians…
- 25 Sept 2016
RoW: Telecom Operators Use Gutters, Trees in Lagos
Investigation has revealed that telecommunications service providers in Lagos State are installing fiber optic cables through gutters and on trees as right of way (RoW), contributing to flooding and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 8 May 2017
Lagos Unveils Special Publication on Nollywood
As part of activities celebrating Lagos at 50, the state government has unveiled a special publication named Cinema in Lagos ahead of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival holding in France from May 17 to…
- 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…
- 14 Jun 2013
IBM Assists Lagos State Design Transportation System
A team of IBM experts completing a month-long pro bono consulting assignment has presented recommendations to Lagos State Government to help ensure a more efficient flow of traffic in the city of…
- 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…
- 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…