Nigeria: Guidelines on withholding of and self-accounting for VAT

Guidelines on the administrative and compliance obligations of companies

Guidelines on the administrative and compliance obligations of companies

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) issued Information Circular No. 2023/01 providing guidelines on the administrative and compliance obligations of companies charged with the responsibility to withhold value added tax (VAT) at source and/or self-account for VAT on taxable supplies.

Read a March 2023 report [PDF 7.4 MB] prepared by the KPMG member firm in Nigeria

 

 

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