FIRS Offers One-Month
FIRS Offers One-Month Window on TCC
Issuance
Executive Chairman Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad
Nami, has offered a 30- day window to enable taxpayers, obtain Tax
Clearance Certificate.
Nami personally signed the public notice, designed to make
things easy for taxpayers.
Titled FACILITATING 2020 TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (TCC)
ISSUANCE, the notice was issued to assist taxpayers meet their
obligations as they might need TCC.
The Executive Chairman, FIRS noted that the offer to ease
issuance of TCC is in accordance with the
provisions of Section 101 (1) of CITA LFN 2004 and in conformity
with Self-Assessment Regulation, 2011.
He warned though that FIRS will not fail to invoke the
provisions of the Law, including enforcement and imposition of lien
should it be apparent that a taxpayer has misled the FIRS to issue
a TCC.
The full text of the Public Notice reads: “Following the
numerous complaints received from our esteemed taxpayers with
respect to difficulties encountered before obtaining Tax Clearance
Certificate (TCC) and the fact that taxpayers need TCC to enable
them to, inter alia, seek and obtain contracts and loans, renew
permits, registrations, franchises, agreements and/or licenses that
will invariably generate revenue from which taxes will be paid,
Management has looked into the above complaints and has taken steps
to ease the process of obtaining TCC.
“Consequently, notice is hereby given that the Service has put
in place machinery to issue 2020 TCC for all eligible taxpayers
from 2nd January to 31st January, 2020.
“The Service may not hesitate to use enforcement activities
including imposition of lien on bank accounts of such defaulting
companies to recover any outstanding debts when it discovers that
the taxpayer has misled the Service in her duty to observe tax
compliance.
“The issuance of TCC to ease the burden of taxpayers is in line
with the provisions of Section 101 (1) of CITA LFN 2004 and in
conformity with Self-Assessment Regulation, 2011.
“Taxpayers are therefore encouraged to take advantage of this
initiative and apply for their 2020 TCC, as soon as possible.