We have no plans to increase taxes- FG

Wed, Aug 16, 2023
By editor
1 MIN READ

Economy

THE Federal Government says it has no plans to increase taxes or add to the burdens of the country’s tax paying citizens.

The Chairperson, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, said this on Tuesday while reacting to unconfirmed reports of government’s plans to increase taxes.

The tax expert revealed that what government proposed was to reduce the country’s over 60 official taxes down to a single digit tax number.

According to him, the plan is to be able to reduce the number to single digit so that across all levels of government, you do not pay more than 10 taxes.

“We are confident that this is possible with the support of everyone and we will continue to do what we can to close the tax gap to generate revenue instead of increasing taxes.

“We have the inaugural meeting of the committee and workshop next week Tuesday and more information will be provided to the public afterwards,” he said.(NAN)

A.

– Aug. 16, 2023 @ 05:54 GMT |

Tags:


SMEDAN partners GIZ to boost MSME development

THE Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) says it will partner the German International Agency (GIZ) and...

Read More
Nigeria’s inflation rate further declines to 32.15% in August- NBS

THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate further declined to 32.15 per cent in August 2024....

Read More
Naira depreciates further in parallel market, falls to N1,660/$

THE Naira continued its downward trend on Friday, depreciating to N1,660 per dollar in the parallel market. This represents a...

Read More