Subsidy removal: VAT should be suspended on Diesel – Presidential Tax C’mttee Chair, Oyedele
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, said Value Added Tax (VAT) should be suspended on diesel to cushion the economic impact of the removal of fuel subsidy.
Fallouts of the VAT brouhaha
By Sunny Ikhioya IT is clear that no matter how court cases pan out in relation to VAT and others like stamp duties, our federation will never be the same again. We run a Federal Government consisting of independent states; that is, if we are to follow provisions in our Constitution. But, all these while, […]
VAT and fiscal federalism
WE expect a major round of legal fireworks to commence very soon over the ruling of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt last Monday voiding the powers of the Federal Government to collect the Value Added Tax, VAT, in Rivers State and by extension other states. The ruling, therefore, transferred the VAT collection right […]
VAT: FIRS amendment move futile, dead on arrival — Southern governors
The Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, said weekend that the amendments sought by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, at the National Assembly on the controversial Value Added Tax, VAT, was futile and dead on arrival.
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Wike and VAT: Moving Nigeria closer to fiscal federalism [OPINION]
A FEW weeks ago, I wrote the title, “GovWike as a model of leadership”. In it, I mentioned some of the defining attributes that separate the rivers state Governor, from others.
Southern governors back states’ collection of VAT
The 17 southern states’ governors rose from a meeting in Enugu State on Thursday with a decision to back states’ collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, and reiterated its position that the next President of the country should come from the South, among other decisions.
