Economy

FG sets to employ 7,500 graduates, 5,000 non-graduates

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2017 0

Nigeria’s Federal Government has disclosed its plans to recruit 7,500 graduates as Community Tax Liaison Officers across the country. Kemi Adeosun, country’s Minister of Finance alongside Babatunde Fowler, the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS who made this known during

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Nigeria signs major multilateral agreements with OECD

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2017 0

Tunde Fowler, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria, Thursday, August 17, signed two major multilateral agreements at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The agreement; Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI) and the CRS Multilateral

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No hiding place for tax defaulters as states, FIRS, Joint Tax Board reach agreement

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

High net worth individuals who have been avoiding tax will find it harder to hide as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Joint Tax Board will start sharing data. This means that people who have been dodging taxes will have no place to hide as their names will have to be in either one […]

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Customs Backtracks, says Nigerians were misinformed of its policy

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2017 0

The Nigerian Customs Service, under public fire over its new policy on vehicle duties has explained what it is all about. Mr Joseph Attah, its acting public relations officer said the service has no plan to set up checkpoints in streets, cities and markets to seize old vehicles without customs duty. Attah said Nigerians were […]

News

FIRS to support Nigerians in Diaspora willing to invest in Nigeria -Fowler

Ihesiulo Grace 21 December 2016 0

The Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) says it will provide the required information, guide and answer the questions on tax matters of Nigerians in the Diaspora interested in investing in the country. The Acting Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, said this while receiving the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora,

Labour

Unemployment: The winding path to FG’s one million jobs target

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2016 0

It is an issue of serious concern that in Nigeria so far, economic policies have not translated into commensurate and improved social outcomes, especially for the over 60 million young people who make up majority of the population.  Joy Ekeke writes.   Africa is regarded as the most ‘youthful’ continent in the world. According to […]