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    NCC seals deal with FIRS to install API on telcos system

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    L-R: Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS); Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) signing the Memorandum of Understating (MoU) to ascertain Value-Added Tax (VAT) elements in telco’s transactions in Abuja on Tuesday.
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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday disclosed that it has sealed a deal with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) that will allow the later integrate an application programming interface (API) technology solution with the systems of telecom Operators for independent verification of the amount of VAT that should be paid by mobile network operators (MNO) rather than relying entirely on the Operators’ books of accounts.

    The deal, according to NCC is in line with its inter-agency collaboration and will ensure the tax agency ascertains the accuracy and completeness of value-added tax (VAT) elements and other taxes payable in the transactions of telecoms operators.

    Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, while signing the MOU noted that diligence and appropriate due processes were undertaken to conclude the MoU, as the Commission took its time to understand the import of the MoU.

    Our concern, as a Regulator of the telecoms industry, is that we needed to be sure that it is not another way to tax telecoms Operators, who are already dealing with multiple taxation issues. We have also ensured that the integration of the solutions with telcos’ transaction systems will not, in any way, impact the cost and quality of service delivery by the Operators to telecoms consumers,” he said.

    He assured telecoms consumers and stakeholders that the integration of FIRS solution with the Operators’ systems is entire to ascertain the accuracy of the VAT elements being paid by the Operators on their transactions and will not, in any way, degrade the quality of service delivery or lead to the high cost of service to the consumers.

    In his comments, the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FIRS, Muhammad Nami, who thanked the NCC for accepting to collaborate with the tax agency, said the MoU is mainly to ascertain the completeness of tax transactions of mobile service providers to the Federal Government due to the shift of physical businesses to electronic-based business activities.

    He said: “The API, which was developed in-house, is transaction-based and all we are trying to do is to ensure we have the basis for determining the completeness and accuracy of VAT elements in telecoms transactions.”

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