http://FIRS launches system to track tax evaders, othersThe Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has launched a national intelligence gathering system to gather data and track all tax evaders and defaulters, with a view to bringing them all to book and make them pay their fair share of taxes to the country.
The Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, revealed this on Wednesday in Abuja during an inter-agency collaborative visit to the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owansanoye.
Mr. Nami said that the service is restructuring and revamping its system to enable it meet and even surpass its 2020 revenue target.
Mr. Nami stated this when he played host to a delegation from the Ministry of Police Affairs at the FIRS headquarters in Abuja.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Police Affairs, Mazi Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri, led the ministry’s delegation, according to a statement made available to the media in Abuja by Director, Communications and Liaison Department, FIRS, Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad.
Responding, Prof. Owasanoye said the ICPC was open to share data with the FIRS to track tax evaders, defaulters and tackle illicit financial flow in Nigeria to raise the revenue profile of the government.
His words: “The collaboration between the FIRS and the ICPC is very important to Nigeria. One of the cardinal objectives of this Board of the ICPC is to widen the tax net. When we come across any company that is not tax compliant, we refer such companies to the FIRS. We have referred over 500 companies to FIRS. We want them to be captured in the tax net so that they continue to pay their taxes.”
