Oga FIRS yarn say na im good-good work make plenty new people and business dey now pay tax for Nigeria. Dem even make tax payment easy-peasy with button-button for your phone
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) bin blow whistle for plenty good news! Dem announce say 170,000 brand new taxpayers join for the past year, and 20% more people wey already dey pay tax well-well. Femi Olarinde, wey be Special Adviser to di Oga Chairman for FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, yarn dis tori for dinner wey dem do with press people for Lagos.
Before-before time, people go dey waka from office to office to settle their tax matter. Now, na only button for phone you go press, you don settle everything! Dis na wetin Olarinde yarn.
People for News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report say di total number of taxpayers for Nigeria for 2021 na 41 million. Olarinde come out yarn with plenty chest say na di new FIRS leadership na im make dis thing possible. Im come explain say di number of people wey dey pay tax increase because plenty new businesses and industries dey spring up for Nigeria.
Di new way wey FIRS dey do tax matter now make am easy and sweet for people to pay. Dis one mean say people no go spend plenty money and time again for tax wahala. Olarinde yarn say, "We know say nobody like to lose money, so we try make di whole thing easy as possible."
Instead of all those Tax Duty and Value Added Offices wey dey stress people before, now na just one button for your phone you go press and tax go settle. FIRS even collect N12.3 trillion whole Naira for 2 thousand and twenty-three, wey pass government target of N11.5 trillion by plenty-plenty! For this year, government set target of N19.4 trillion for FIRS, and Olarinde say na true dem go fit reach am, even though e be big task.
As at di first quarter of this year wey end for March thirty-onest, FIRS don already collect 81 per cent of wetin dem dey expect for that time, even though na that time no too many people dey pay tax. Particularly, for the first quarter of 2024, FIRS collect N3.94 trillion, wey be N1.42 trillion or 56 per cent higher than the N2.52 trillion wey dem generate for the first quarter of the previous year. June na normally the time wey plenty people dey pay tax, and dem still dey gather figures for the second quarter.
According to Olarinde, FIRS settle 3,148 complaints wey people bring come for the first quarter of the year, wey be reduction of 18 per cent. Im come yarn further say the main things wey dey drive FIRS now na people, technology, and how dem dey handle things. Im come yan say the reason why FIRS change how dem dey work na for them to be more effective and work together well-well, while them dey join all their services together as one simple process.
"We dey turn the tax office into one place where you go fit do everything at once, to reduce how much money and time people dey spend. We don improve how people feel by over 70 per cent by focusing on how to help people better, by giving them special services and by teaching them more about tax. FIRS dey use information now more-more, wey be important for keeping good tax records, and to make sure everything dey clean and correct," na wetin Olarinde add.
Im come explain say FIRS still get mind to dey treat everybody fair when it come to tax, with services wey dey easy to reach and use, so that dem go fit collect plenty money for government to use develop the country. According to am, the main ideas behind tax na for everybody to pay their own share, for things to be fair, and to make sure say all taxpayers dey equal and get the same services. The special adviser come yarn say the vision of FIRS na to become the best and most trusted tax people for the whole world.
Olarinde come talk about how dem launch the National Single Window thing, wey be something wey dem create to make business grow better for companies and make am easy for them to sell things everywhere around the world. Im come yarn say the thing dey make things move fast and easy for people wey dey work for ports for Nigeria, while e still dey join government money together for better good. The FIRS oga come yarn say dem dey expect am say the thing go make more international shipping companies wey dey
Source: Prime 9ja Online Pidgin: FIRS: 170,000 New Tax Men, 20% More Dey Pay Well-Well Now