Over 600,000 Onboarded As NRS Unveils Rev360 Platform To Advance Tax Administration

The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) on Wednesday disclosed that over 600,000 taxpayers have been onboarded on its Rev360, a next-generation digital tax administration platform billed as the most significant upgrade to the service’s technology infrastructure.

The new platform offers taxpayers a unified portal for registration, filing, payment, and compliance management from a single interface, the tax watchdog said yesterday.

The launch ceremony, held at the NRS headquarters auditorium in Abuja, drew the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, the Minister of Trade and Investment, senior government officials, development partners, professional bodies, and business associations — reflecting the breadth of stakeholders with a direct interest in the platform’s rollout.

NRS executive chairman Dr. Zacch Adedeji described Rev360 as central to the service’s transition to what he termed Tax Administration 3.0 — a model defined by improved service delivery, stronger compliance management, enhanced transparency, and simpler taxpayer interactions.

“Rev360 represents a significant step towards building a more modern, efficient, and responsive tax administration system that aligns with global best practices and the evolving needs of taxpayers and businesses,” Dr. Adedeji stated.

The platform’s architecture addresses a persistent challenge in Nigerian digital infrastructure: unstable internet connectivity.

Chief of staff to the NRS chairman, Mr. Tayo Koleosho told journalists that Rev360 is designed to work offline, allowing taxpayers to input and prepare data without a live connection before importing it into the system when connectivity is available.

Beyond offline capability, the platform consolidates functions previously spread across separate systems — registration, filing, self-assessment, payment, and general correspondence with the tax authority — into a single environment.

“Rev360 is a one-stop shop where taxpayers can register, file, run their assessment, pay, and engage in any form of interaction with the tax authority. It built on years of research and experience with our old system so we can give the country a better, more efficient tax administration system,” Mr. Koleosho said.

Data security and confidentiality were highlighted as central design considerations, with the Chief of Staff noting that enhanced protection of taxpayer data was built into the platform to build business trust and encourage voluntary compliance.

The executive director of technology at the NRS, Iniabasi Akpan, offered the most technically detailed account of the platform’s compliance capabilities, describing Rev360 as a shift from a digital administration system to an intelligent administration system.

“We have all the endpoints for various transactions that taxpayers will be doing, and we can leverage that intelligence and data to determine whether someone is complying or not — banking transactions, all kinds of transactions people are doing. All of that information will be useful in determining who is complying and who is not,” the director said.

Akpan said the platform’s ease of use is itself a compliance tool: making it faster and more convenient to file taxes from home or the office should, in his view, naturally drive voluntary compliance without the need for enforcement action.

The executive director, medium and emerging taxpayers group, Mrs. Bolaji Akintola, described the Rev360 launch as the first phase of a broader transformation journey, with a mandate to improve taxpayer onboarding, filing, payment processing, compliance management, and support services — while giving taxpayers greater visibility into their own tax position.

More than 600,000 users had already been onboarded onto the platform ahead of Wednesday’s public launch, a figure the NRS said reflects months of quiet pre-deployment testing and preparation with existing taxpayers.

The finance minister who was represented by the permanent secretary in his ministry, Mohammed Sanusi Danjuma commended the NRS for what he described as a commitment to innovation and institutional transformation.

The minister framed Rev360 in the context of the federal government’s broader economic reform programme. He said technology-enabled tax systems are increasingly the backbone of modern economies and essential to building the transparent, predictable, and business-friendly environment the government is pursuing.

The launch featured a documentary tracing the NRS’s journey from manual and fragmented processes toward integrated, technology-driven administration, followed by a live demonstration of key taxpayer journeys — registration, filing, payment, and reporting.

A panel session themed ‘Designed by Us, Used by All’ brought together operational users, support teams, and platform administrators to discuss adoption challenges, stakeholder engagement, and lessons from the implementation process.

The NRS also showcased its Rev360 Command Centre, a dedicated operational hub comprising customer service, IT service management, and communications teams to manage issue escalation and taxpayer support during the rollout period.