VAT: Despite Appeal Court Ruling, Wike Inaugurates Tax commission
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Friday inaugurated the state’s Tax Appeal Commission shortly after the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal ordered maintenance of status quo in the…
Allow VAT Legal Battle Run Full Course – Ekweremadu Tells National Assembly
Former deputy president of the senate, Ike Ekweremadu has called on the national assembly not to interfere in the ongoing battle between the Federal Inland Revenue Service and some states…
‘FIRS Should Continue to Collect VAT And Share, Not States’ — Governor Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has declined supporting colleagues from Rivers, Lagos and other states in their bids to collect Value Added Tax, VAT. Governor David Umahi asserted that…
VAT: Lagos, Rivers Are Nothing Without Other States – Masari
Governor Bello Masari of Katsina state, has criticized Lagos and Rivers States over their insistence on Value Added Tax (VAT) collection. Both Rivers and Lagos States have engaged the Federal…
States Must be Empowered To Harness Resources, Revenues For Development – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, has insisted that states must be allowed to harness their resources and generate revenues, including value-added tax (VAT) collection, for development purposes. This is…
Decentralization of VAT Collection Will Favour Every State – Udom Emmanuel
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state, says the decentralisation of value-added tax (VAT) collection “will favour every single state” in Nigeria. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has been…
States Have No Valid Claim on VAT Collection – Malami
Attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami says no state in Nigeria has the constitutional power to lay claim to the collection of value-added tax (VAT). The minister of justice said…