Nigeria’s Tax Ombudman to collaborate with revenue agencies on operational efficiency

Nigeria’s Tax Ombudsman and Chief Executive of the Office of the Tax Ombudsman, John Nwabueze, has reassured taxation and gross agencies of his committedness to collaborate with institutions astatine the nationalist and sub-national levels to execute improved operational efficiency.

A connection released connected Thursday by the Chief Press Secretary of the Tax Ombudsman, Chukwudi Achife, said Nwabueze gave the assurance astatine the 159th gathering of the Joint Revenue Board (JRB), held successful Lagos.

The JRB comprises the gross boards of 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory Revenue Service (FCTRS), and immoderate taxation and revenue-generating agencies successful the country.

Speaking connected the topic, “The Role of the Tax Ombudsman successful Facilitating Dispute Resolution and Strengthening Trust successful the Tax System successful the Context of Emerging Tax Reforms,” Nwabueze noted that the Office of the Tax Ombudsman represents 1 of the astir important organization innovations successful Nigeria successful caller times.

He explained that the Office was established arsenic an autarkic and impartial assemblage to support taxpayers’ rights and beforehand administrative justness successful the taxation and gross framework.

He added that the Office functions arsenic a span betwixt taxpayers and gross authorities, receiving and investigating complaints from taxpayers and facilitating resol...