Babatunde Fowler

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  is presently interrogating a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, over the N100 billion tax evasion allegations levelled against a tax firm,…

Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Abiodun Aina, disclosed that the outgoing chairman of the revenue agency, Babatunde Fowler, stepped on toes during his tenure. Aina, who thanked Fowler for…

Babatunde Fowler, immediate past executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has expressed hopes that his work as a tax man will be remembered. Speaking on Monday evening during a handover ceremony to Abiodun Aina,…

Outgoing chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, says reappointing him would have helped in the consolidation of previous achievements in the tax sector. This, he said, this in a letter written to the…

It is a season of taxes in Nigeria. First, it was the increase in Value Added Tax, VAT, a proposed tax on online transactions, the expected return of toll gates and now the proposed Communication Service Tax Bill. The bill, if passed, will…

Chairman Joint Tax Board and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Babatunde Fowler, has disclosed that revenue generation at the sub-national level rose from N800.02 billion to N1.6 trillion, representing 46.11 per cent between 2016 and…

Zainab Ahmed, the former minister of finance, says the government has plans to raise value-added tax to 7.5% by 2020 from the present 5%. The former minister made this known on Tuesday while speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has budgeted N160 million for sewing of uniforms for its drivers. The service also budgeted N825 million for refreshment and N250 million for security vote. While defending the budget before a…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says the country’s taxpayers will soon increase to 45 million. Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, the Head, Communications and SERVICOM Department, in a statement in Abuja on Monday said the Executive…