Nigerians to present their tax clearance papers before getting new passports - FIRS boss, Tunde Fowler says

Nigerians to present their tax clearance papers before getting new passports - FIRS boss, Tunde Fowler says

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, says in the near future, Nigerians applying for new passports at Immigration offices, will have to present their tax clearance papers before they would be issued passport. Fowler disclosed this at the at the 136th meeting of the Joint Tax Board which had the theme: “ Increased Inter-Agency Co-operation to Enhance Tax Compliance and Optimise Revenue Collection’’ in Abuja yesterday.