FIRS breaks silence on 50 percent VAT increase
The Head, Communication and Servicom Department, Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
Gbadamosi explained that at the meeting, Fowler had called for an increase in the number of Nigerians and companies paying VAT and not a 50 per cent increase in VAT rate as reported.
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