The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it has
inaugurated a national intelligence gathering system to gather data and track
tax evaders and defaulters across the country.
According to a statement released by Abdullahi Ismaila, the
FIRS director of communications and liaison department, the tracking system
will be used in collaboration with financial institutions and anti-corruption
agencies including the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC).
During a visit to the ICPC on Wednesday, Mohammed
Nami(pictured), executive chairman of the tax agency, said the new system will
bring tax evaders to book and make them pay their fair share of taxes.
“The ICPC is our critical stakeholder. We are improving our
collaboration with the commission to track tax fraud and block all revenue
leakages to ensure that we raise the revenue for the government to fund its
budget,” Nami told Bolaji Owansanoye, ICPC’s chairman.
“We need the data and intelligence which you have to help us
track tax evaders and bring them into the tax net.”
He said the service is also restructuring and revamping its
system to enable it to surpass its 2020 revenue target.
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