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The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has denied reports that the federal government plans to impose more tax or increase the amount of tax paid by Nigerians.
Adedeji made the denial on Tuesday when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance, chaired by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa.
According to the FIRS boss, the tax reform bills sent to the National Assembly by the government of President Bola Tinubu are not intended to introduce new taxes or increase existing ones but to harmonize them.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Senator Musa also confirmed the tax reform proposals are not targeted at increasing individual or company taxes.
He, however stressed the need for the FIRS to embark on sensitization of Nigerians on the intentions of the tax reform bills.
Naija News reports President…