The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has opened 25 new tax offices across the country.
The Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman of FIRS on media and communication, Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola on Wednesday stated that the new tax offices, approved by the FIRS chairman, Muhammad Nami led management, are part of the Service’s efforts to bring tax services nearer to the tax paying public.
He said, “These new tax offices would help bring many taxpayers into the tax net, help filling of Companies Income Tax, and Value Added Tax as well as monitor compliance with other Taxes”.
Speaking at the launch of one of the new tax offices, the Group Lead, of FIRS general tax operations group, Kabir Abba, stated that the FIRS management holds these offices as important, and expects them to spearhead tax collection activities in the area.
He added that the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammed Nami, had directed that staff at these offices were expected to take the assignment very seriously while working tenaciously towards bringing more taxpayers into the tax net.
According to the statement, Mr. Nami had noted that the deployment of technology had made their work easy, especially since the taxpayers could work from the comfort of their offices and homes, to register for taxes, file returns, and pay their taxes in a quick and seamless manner, including applying for their Tax Clearance Certificate.
