The Nigerian Finance Act, 2021 grants the Federal Inland Revenue Service (“FIRS“) new powers to appoint persons as Value Added Tax (“VAT“) agents for the purpose of collecting and remitting VAT to the FIRS. In furtherance of this, the FIRS recently issued a public notice (“Notice“), appointing Telecommunications service providers- MTN and Airtel; and money deposit banks, as VAT agents and mandates them to collect/withhold VAT on taxable supplies made to them.
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