Taxation: FCT-IRS Gives 3-Week Ultimatum To Expatriates, Firms In Abuja

In continuation of its ongoing efforts to harmonise and enhance the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has issued a three-week ultimatum to companies and organisations with foreign nationals to turn in details of expatriates for proper documentation.

The administration said that such concerned organisations are strongly advised to comply promptly not later than the end of May 2023.

This was contained in a statement signed by the head of corporate communications, FCT-IRS, Mustapha Sumaila, which was made available to journalists, yesterday, in Abuja.

According to the statement, the request is part of the resolution reached in a meeting between Mr Agboola Lukman Dabiri, secretary, of Economic Planning, Revenue Generation and PPP in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), and the acting executive chairman, FCT-IRS, Mr Haruna Abdullahi.

“This exercise is compulsory and should be taken with utmost importance by firms and organisations with expatriates working under them within the Federal Capital Territory.

“Concerned organisations are strongly advised to comply promptly not later than the end of May 2023,” he said.