Nigeria and France have a bilateral air services agreement which allows airlines from both countries to operate flights on each other’s routes.
totalling $1.6 million, despite a double taxation agreement between Nigeria and France, the carrier says. According to court filings obtained by The Africa Report, Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service claimed company income tax between 2015 and 2020 from the airline.
Air France argued that according to Article 8 of the Nigeria-France DTA, the airline as a tax resident of France is entitled, “on a reciprocal basis”, to be exempted from CIT in Nigeria for profits derived from operations in international traffic. Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent governmentFor continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.
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