In a bid to curb multiple taxations as complained by a cross-section of Nigerians and the business community, President Bola Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders, which include the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duty escalation on locally manufactured products.
The President also suspended the 2023 Finance Act 2023 deferring the date of its commencement from 28th May, 2023 to 1st of September, 2023. Some of the suspended taxes were issued through Executive Orders by former President Muhammadu Buhari at the twilight of his administration.
They include Corporate Income tax, Import duties, Export duties, Excise duties, Rents, Capital Gains tax, Personal Income tax, Value Added tax, Stamp duties, Property tax, Licenses, Motor Parking fee, Motor Vehicle fee, Withholding tax, Land tax, Market License fee, Road tax, Business Premises, dividend tax, NHIS levy, Advert fee, Regulation fees, the new NYSC levy.
The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on Thursday at the Presidential Villa Abuja.
