taxes

US Urges Countries To Suspend Digital Taxes

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is urging countries like France to suspend taxes on global computing giants such as Google and Amazon and wait for a negotiated agreement on international taxation, according to a letter released Wednesday.

As the United States is poised to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion in French products over that country’s digital services tax, Mnuchin said talks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are key to resolving the issue.

“We believe that it is very important that these talks reach agreement in order to prevent the proliferation of unilateral …

Drivers

Imo Suspends Taxes, Levies From Commercial Drivers

Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has ordered the immediate suspension of daily tolls, tickets and taxes from all commercial drivers in the state until further notice.
This followed complaints of incessant harassment and extortion of commercial vehicle operators by alleged agents of the Imo State government.

In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Enlightenment, Prince Eze Ugochukwu in Owerri, yesterday, the decision was taken at the State Executive Council meeting held on November 6, 2019, following a motion by the Imo State of Internal Revenue Service to that effect.

“This ban is with immediate

How to grow states’ IGR without increasing taxes

How to grow states’ IGR without increasing taxes

The projected monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of Lagos State Government for 2018 was N60bn, but at the end of the year, it got about N382bn instead of N720bn, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which is just about 53 percent of the targeted IGR.

Despite the shortfall, the state’s IGR was huge compared to what other states declared as IGR. The N382bn IGR is more than the IGR of 29 other states. Outside Rivers, Ogun, Delta, Kano, Kaduna and Edo, the rest 29 states had N363.48. In fact, the monthly IGR of Lagos is higher than what

₦23bn accrues to FIRS from taxes on corporate accounts

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has generated over ₦23 billion in unpaid taxes from the recently suspended substitution exercise on corporate bank accounts, which was marked by the imposition of restriction on the accounts of tax-defaulting organisations. This was disclosed in Lagos yesterday by the FIRS Chairman, Mr. Babatunde Fowler.

The FIRS boss made the disclosure at the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Interactive Forum on Tax Matters.

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