LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal, has been killed by gunmen who attacked the vehicle in which he was traveling in the Saminaka village of Lapai local government area of Niger state on Sunday night.Another staff of the FIRS whose name was not known was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former State Coordinator of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), for Delta, Edo and Rivers States, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has called on Nigerians protesting police brutality and extortion with hashtag #EndSARS to discontinue the protest before it further degenerate. It will be recall that tens of thousands of Nigerian youths have been…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tax payers have 30 days to obtain their 2020 clearance certificates or else the Federal Inland Revenue Service will impose lien on their bank accounts in order to recover outstanding debt they owe the service. The Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, said this in a notice to taxpayers released on Sunday. According to…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will soon begin the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) on online transactions. The Chairman of the agency, Babatunde Fowler, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Saturday, May 18. Fowler said: “Soon, we…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s apex revenue collection body, The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday refuted report of planned increment of Value Added Tax (VAT) by 50 per cent to meet up payment of the newly proposed minimum wage. Mr Wahab Gbadamosi who is the Head, Communication and Servicom Department, made this known in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) on Thursday approached the Federal High Court Abuja for an Order of Mandamus compelling the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) “to make available either directly to the Applicants or through the Courts, copies of the 2015 and 2016 Tax Receipts of Alhaji Atiku…