FIRS offers one-month window to issue tax clearance certificate

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has offered a 30-day window to enable taxpayers in the country to obtain their tax clearance certificate.

A statement by the chairman of the agency, Muhammad Nami, says the exercise would take place between January 2nd and 31st 2020.

The statement says the window was to address the difficulties facing taxpayers, and to assist them in meeting their obligations as they might need the certificate.

It warns that the agency would not hesitate to invoke the provisions of the law against any taxpayer found to have misled the agency to issue certificate.