On Monday, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) announced the take-off of the online tax payers’ platform to ease the payment of taxes in the country.
The Service explained that with the new arrangement, anybody who wishes to pay tax can easily do so online by logging into the internet banking platform of any of the commercial banks, choose the FIRS link and follow the prompts.
Acting Chairman of the FIRS, Kabir Mashi, said the new platform is the product of the electronic tax-pay solution, an ease of tax payment initiative of the Service in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System and Systemspecs Limited.
At the launch and public sensitization of the new platform in Lagos, Mr. Mashi explained that the e-Tax Pay Solution was a self-service FIRS channel available on all commercial banks.’ He said once a taxpayer logs into any bank’s Internet banking platform, he can access the FIRS link to pay his taxes and submit necessary documents the same way he may chose to pay other bills.
The new system, he said, serves as a means of reducing time and cost of compliance for
taxpayers as well as ease interface between taxpayers and authorities. Besides, he said the
system provides additional convenience for taxpayers interested in, from the comfort of their homes and offices, uploading their tax returns on the e-Tax Pay Solution platform.
Mr. Mashi urged taxpayers to cultivate the attitude of using the e-Tax Pay Solution, or e- filing platforms, as those were created for their convenience and ultimately engender a
transparent and efficient tax system that optimizes tax revenue collection and voluntary
compliance.
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