INTRODUCTION Owing to changes in government policies and the current business climate in Nigeria, companies are required to be strategic in order to remain competitive, while also enhancing growth and profitability. Corporate restructuring or reorganisation is a critical tool required to achieve business efficiency and optimisation. Corporate restructuring refers to any transaction whereby all or […]
read moreINTRODUCTION Data Protection compliance is the universally accepted practice of ensuring that sensitive data gathered by organizations and businesses is organized and managed in such a way as to enable organizations to meet enterprise business rules along with lawful and constitutional regulations. Data protection compliance entails establishing policies that outline how data protection is achieved in your organization […]
read moreINTRODUCTION On 30th November 2020, the Tax Appeal Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) sitting in Lagos delivered judgment in the case of Tetra Pak West Africa Limited v Federal Inland Revenue Service with appeal number: TAT/LZ/WHT/007/2019. It defined what constitutes “ordinary course of business” for the purpose of determining withholding tax (WHT) liability. SUMMARY OF THE FACTS The appellant in […]
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