Nigeria: Firs Accuses Govt Ministries, Departments of Abusing Tax Laws

3 September 2014

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, on Monday accused Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, of abusing stipulated tax laws in their contract award processes.

The Acting Chairman of FIRS, Kabir Mashi, said at a stakeholders' forum in Abuja that most of the MDAs engage in illegal acts in circumvention of laid down tax regulations, particularly as they relate to Tax Clearance Certificates, TCCs, by business owners and other taxpayers.

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