The attention of the Board and Management of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS has been drawn to the publication ‘Senators, ministers hijack 524 jobs in FIRS’ by The Saturday Punch, August 28 2010 on pages 1 and 2. This publication is untrue and a misrepresentation of facts, prompting this response from the Service
This is to inform the general Public that the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS has not authorized nor started online payment of Tax Refunds to taxpayers.
All Taxpayers are enjoined to discountenance any request from institution, firm, individual or online websites, emails, or hard copies of mails, demanding that taxpayers should to claim any such Tax Refund
The attention of all interested bidders is drawn to the addendum in paragraph 2.XI below and to our earlier advertisement in the Punch and Daily Trust newspaper of Thursday 14 January 2010 and the Federal Tenders Journal which invited prospective service providers to bid for IT System Security Audit of its e-Tax Services system and other mission critical IT Systems. The advertisement together with the addendum mentioned above is hereby reproduced
INTRODUCTION
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) invites prospective Contractors, Suppliers and Vendors to pre-qualify for the following works, goods and Services in 2010 Financial year
The attention of FIRS has been drawn to the public advertisement issued by the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) published in THISDAY Newspaper of Tuesday, 9th March, 2010 on the matter of Stamp Duties administration and specifically as it relates to Contract notes
It has come to the notice of the authority of the Nigerian Revenue Agency, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) that some unscrupulous persons or groups have placed on the internet that online tax refunds have been approved and have commerce by FIRS. This is totally untrue and fraudulent. In particular, the mass e-mail titled “E-Tax Refund Notification” placed on the internet on Saturday 6th March and Sunday 7th March 2010 and through SMS (text messages) are nefarious activities by fraudsters to defraud taxpayers and the general public
With input from the exposure of the original
draft document to stakeholders
Final Draft submitted to the Federal Executive
Council
National Tax Policy with input from the exposure of the original draft document to stakeholders
Final Draft submitted to the Federal Executive
Council
Further to the implementation of and compliance with Section 26 (1)(a-d) of the FIRS (Establishment) Act No. 13 of 2007 and Section 55 of Companies Income Tax Act Cap C 21 LFN 2004 as amended, as well as Section 28 (1&2) and Section 31 (1&2) of PPTA Cap 354 LFN 1990, the public is hereby informed that self assessment returns must contain the following:
i. Original copies of Financial Statements for the relevant financial year which must contain:
A BRIEF CLARIFICATION ON TIN (TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) AND U- TIN (UNIQUE TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER).
In view of the reports from the field offices that the acronyms TIN and U-TIN are being confused by FIRS staff and the general public, it has become necessary to issue a clarification on same. Both TIN and U-TIN are codes used to uniquely identify taxpayers within the existing Database.
DON’T BEG FOR JOBS, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN TELLS NEW GRADUATES
…. Bags honourary doctorate degree from Benson Idahosa University
New graduates leaving the university for the job market got a piece of
advice at the weekend: Do not beg for jobs. Rather, they should look
for jobs thatalign with what theywant to do.
IFUEKO OMOIGUI OKAURU IS MEMBER, UN COMMITTEE OF TAX EXPERTS ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT TAX BOARD, IFUEKO OMOIGUI OKAURU, MFR ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE 121st MEETING OF THE JOINT TAX BOARD MEETING HOLDING AT THE NEW KATSINA MOTEL, KATSINA FROM 12TH TO 14TH OCTOBER, 2009.