On 6 September, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria has failed to obtain a stay-of-execution on the decision of the court whereby it attempted to stop the state government (Rivers State) from collecting VAT within the state. As a result the governor of River States directed state’s tax authority to begin implementing and enforcing the Rivers State value added tax (VAT) law.
Source: GVC
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