Month: July 2021

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Blackwood & Stone LP

TAXATION OF DIVIDENDS FROM RETAINED EARNINGS

INTRODUCTION The Black’s Law Dictionary 8th Edition defines dividends as ‘A portion of a company’s earnings or profits distributed pro rata to its shareholders, usually in the form of cash or additional shares’. Dividends therefore earn income in the hands of shareholders and are hence liable to Withholding tax. Section 80 (1) and (2) of […]

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Blackwood & Stone LP

CLARIFICATIONS ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX ACT

The FIRS issued Information Circular No: 2021/09 on the 3rd of June, 2021 pursuant to section 2(4) of the Capital Gains Tax Act, (“CGTA”). The Federal Inland Revenue Service (“FIRS”) in its circular directed all persons, who dispose of chargeable assets to: File Capital Gains Tax (“CGT”) Returns for 2020 and subsequent years of assessment; […]