Tax waivers account for huge revenue loss to Nigeria - FG

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Despite its efforts to leverage the benefits of tax exemptions and concessions, the incentive has rather led to huge revenue loss for Nigeria, the Federal Government said on Monday.

The government said that although it was committed to reducing tax expenditure, the nation’s current revenue to Gross Domestic Product ratio of about seven per cent was poor and unsatisfactory.

The PATF aimed to improve the management of domestic taxation and ensure better coordination of taxation in the ECOWAS and West African Economic and Monetary Union regions. She said that although Nigeria was celebrated as the country in Africa with the largest economy, translating the wealth into revenue generation had remained a serious issue.

Ahmed said, “Our current revenue to GDP ratio of about seven per cent is unsatisfactory and we are keen on exerting improving this by implementing various initiatives

 

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