Introduction This article highlights the latest developments in the Nigerian taxation space, including updates on tax laws, policies, regulations, and initiatives which will have or have had a significant impact on taxpayers and businesses in Nigeria. They include the following: Introduction of Carbon Tax Policy In line with Nigeria’s climate change and Green Growth commitment […]
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In Nigeria, the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for the administration and technical enforcement of the Nigerian Immigration Act 2015 and the Immigration Regulations 2017 as they relate to the establishment of business in Nigeria by wholly foreign-owned or joint venture companies and the employment of expatriates. These responsibilities include granting business permits, approving […]
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Pursuant to the powers of the FIRS to make regulations that are necessary to give full effect to the provisions of the FIRS (Establishment) Act, the FIRS issued the Non-Interest Finance (Taxation) Regulations 2022 with effect from April 2022 to amongst other things regulate the taxation of institutions offering non-interest financial services in Nigeria, in […]
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Introduction Without doubt, the continued increase in the establishment of technology (tech) organizations and startups in Nigeria has been significant. Therefore, the need for a corresponding legislation to regulate and provide a useful framework for Nigeria’s rapidly increasing Startup ecosystem become imperative. Hence, in October 2022, the Nigerian Startup Act (the “Act”) was assented to […]
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Trademarks are unique marks, or a combination of marks used to distinguish the goods or services offered by a business. Trademarks of successful businesses are often subject to infringement by competitors attempting to exploit their good will. It is therefore important for businesses to take necessary steps to protect their trademark and enforce them when […]
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Background In 2017, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) conducted a Tax audit on the business of Dangote Industries Limited (the “Company”) for the period between 2013 – 2015. Pursuant to the Audit, it adjusted and recomputed the Company’s tax liabilities on the basis, amongst others, of the inclusion of costs and expenses which are […]
read moreINTRODUCTION. Schools under various tax laws, were exempted from tax liability under section 23(1)(c) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CITA). The act included among others, educational services of a public character, as activities exempted from Companies Income Tax (CIT). The rational posed was that schools are incorporated as a company limited by guarantee […]
read moreINTRODUCTION. On the 21st September, 2021, the Lagos State House of Assembly passed a VAT law following the Court of Appeal judgement in the case of Federal Inland Revenue Service V. Attorney General of Rivers State & Attorney General of the Federation (CA/PA/282/2021). The case was bothered on the State Government’s constitutional power to administer, […]
read moreINTRODUCTION We discuss security payment for prosecution of a tax appeal in Nigeria in the narrow sense of the tax payer’s access to the Nigerian courts and not to a political order. The tax payer contributes significantly to the social and economic developments of society. Tax administration must therefore guarantee the tax payer’s freedom which […]
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