FIRS moves against tax leakages, generates N10 trillion revenue in 2022
By Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Federal Inland Revenues Service, FIRS has revealed that it adopted the use of Information and Communication Technology, ICT to attain the current improvement recorded in Nigeria’s tax regime , adding that the move had help propelled the achieved blockage of leakages in revenue generation in Nigeria.
The service note that the use of data has played a significant role in shrinking the banal leakages in revenue that has in the past bedeviled revenue generation through tax in Nigeria.
The service made the disclosure at a one day workshop with the theme sensitization workshop on Nigerian Tax administration for media practitioners held at NUJ Kano press centre.
The resource person at the workshop, Dr Zaharadeen Magoshi hinted that across the globe there is no tax system that is immune from leakages and defaulters.
He said, Nigerian tax regime under the incumbent FIRS boss, Mohammad Nami has succeeded in implementing tax policies and technical methods that has drastically reduced the challenges associated with tax payments that was been witnessed in the past.
According to him, in the preceding two taxation seasons there has been tremendous improvements in revenue generation through the improved tax system in Nigeria, courtesy of the Mr Nami led FIRS.
When quizzed further, Magoshi explained that the N10 trillion generated by FIRS in 2022 were disbursed between the federal government, states and LGA coffers.
He said however there still exist the need to enact laws with stiffer penalties for those who still dwell in the habit of violating taxation laws.
He cautioned those unrepentant in the activities he referred to as tax avoidance to desist from such act to avoid been caught in the web of the wrath of tax evasion.
In her welcome message the CEO Afropolitan Media Limited Aisha Haliru applaud FIRS for the new innovations introduced to its functions, which she said has helped boost revenue generation to a large scale.
Aisha stressed that FIRS has injected formidable ideas that has helped the service to surpass its targeted revenue figures.
In his remarks , chairman, NUJ Kano council ,comrade Abbas Ibrahim thanked the organizers for staging the capacity building programme for working journalists in the state.
He said “ as journalists, we are expected to know something about everything and this training has further enriched the knowledge of our members on taxation and the rudiments surrounding it.” Abbas stated.
He assured that Kano journalists will continue to educate the public on the importance of taxation to the state and national development strata.
