Tax Administration: FIRS Implements Measures To Enhance Revenue Collection

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has put in place various administrative measures as part of the efforts to enhance evenue collection during the fiscal year.

This is said to be evident in its Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami’s identification of four cardinal pillars which are Rebuilding FIRS Institutional Framework, Robust Collaboration with Stakeholders, Building a Customer (Taxpayer)-Centric Institution and Building a Data-Centric Institution in a bid to drive reform interventions in the area of tax administration.

The FIRS Management is said to have been committed to building and strengthening the capacity of the Departments and Units of FIRS to deliver their mandates on a long term and sustainable basis.

“In line with this, the Board approved a new structure for the Service on 17th January, 2020. The new Organogram is composed of six Groups and 32 Departments including the Internal Affairs Department that reports directly to the Executive Chairman.”

Furthermore, it was revealed that taxpayer Segmentation has been re-introduced, as the Audit and Investigation departments were also reviewed for effectiveness.

“The Annual Corporate Plan Retreat was reintroduced and it held between 7th and 8th February, 2020 with the theme ‘Repositioning FIRS for Efficient Service Delivery.’ The 2020 Corporate Plan was approved by the Executive Chairman, FIRS and exposed to the staff at the headquarters.” The release partly said.