{"id":26635,"date":"2018-09-24T11:41:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=26635"},"modified":"2018-09-24T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T10:41:47","slug":"firs-rakes-in-n13b-from-billionaire-tax-debtors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firs-rakes-in-n13b-from-billionaire-tax-debtors\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRS Rakes In N13b From Billionaire Tax Debtors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a month after it commenced substitution of accounts of recalcitrant billionaire taxpayers, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has collected over N12.66 billion in tax revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Chairman, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, disclosed this at the weekend when he received the new Minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, during her visit to FIRS headquarters in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler spoke as Hajia Zainab Ahmed, the new Finance Minister commended the agency for shoring-up the non-oil revenue, saying, \u201cthe Ministry of Finance will continue to collaborative with FIRS to support all the efforts you are making. And as much as possible, we should interface frequently. For us, the directive I have is to increase the tax revenue and that is the most important task ahead of all of us. You have done well. And the reward for good work is more work,\u201d she said.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Hajia Ahmed urged the FIRS to \u201cmaintain the tempo\u201d because literarily, the country depends on the work that FIRS does to shore-up the revenue collection to support the government.<\/p>\n<p>She urged government agencies to work together to fish out all corrupt persons in the country, stating that this was President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a month after it commenced substitution of accounts of recalcitrant billionaire taxpayers, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has collected over N12.66 billion in tax revenue. 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