The Federal Capital Territory-Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has commenced a tax enforcement capacity and simulation training to prepare its officials for a tax enforcement drive in 2023.
The service also announced that it would soon begin enforcement on individual taxpayers.
In his opening remarks at the training, the acting Executive Chairman of FCT-IRS, Mr Haruna Abdullahi, represented by the Director, Legal Services, Mrs Ngozi Jipreze, said the scheduling of the training towards the end of the year was deliberate, having trained and built the capacity of the personnel on tax administration and legislation and ICT during the year.
He urged the participants to take the training seriously as it would build their capacity, equip them with all the necessary information with regards to the relevant laws on enforcement with a view to preparing them for the task ahead.
He noted that the exercise was strategic and vital to ensuring tax compliance as it would complete the tax process, starting from assessment to filing of tax returns to enforcement.
FCT-IRS boss also noted that the enforcement would not only focus on organisations, but on individuals as well.