FIRS records 170,000 new taxpayers, 20% increase in compliance

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says the number of new taxpayers in Nigeria has increased by 170,000 and tax compliance also improved by 20 per cent over a year.

Femi Olarinde, Special Adviser to the FIRS Executive Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, made this known during a dinner/media parley on Thursday in Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the total number of taxpayers in the country as of 2021 was 41 million.