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<p><img width="1000" height="600" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FIRS-1000x600.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="FIRS To Go After Mr. Macaroni, Taaooma, Other Skit Makers And Influencers Over Tax Payment" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FIRS-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FIRS-590x354.jpg 590w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FIRS-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>
<h2>The <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/01/26/were-coming-up-with-a-comprehensive-tax-system-firs-boss-speaks-on-reducing-countries-tax/">Federal Inland Revenue Service</a> (FIRS) has said it has no plans to tax skitmakers, influencers and other digital content creators.</h2>
<p><strong>Naija News</strong> recalls that the Special Adviser on Media to the chairman of the FIRS, <strong>Dare Adekambi</strong>, was <strong><a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/02/04/firs-to-go-after-mr-macaroni-taaooma-other-skit-makers-and-influencers-over-tax-payment/">quoted</a></strong> as saying that social media content creators and influencers constituted a major block of tax evaders.</p>
<p>He said content creators and influencers constitute a significant block of tax evaders, adding that a law in Nigeria requires everybody who earns income to pay tax.</p>
<p>Adekambi stressed that the FIRS would meet with content creators and influencers and make them see why they should voluntarily pay tax.</p>
<p>But an official of the agency who spoke to NAN anonymously on Monday, said skit makers are individuals who do not fall within the purview of the FIRS.</p>
<p>The FIRS official stated that the agency does not tax Personal Income Tax but only collects Company Income Tax.</p>
<p>He said: “<em>FIRS does not tax Personal Income Tax; State governments do.</em></p>
<p><em>“FIRS collects Company Income Tax. Only those who are corporate names and earn profit of N25 million and more are required to pay tax.</em>”</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/02/12/firs-speaks-on-going-after-taaoma-mr-macaroni-other-skit-makers-and-influencers-over-tax-payment/">FIRS Speaks On Going After Taaoma, Mr Macaroni, Other Skit Makers And Influencers Over Tax Payment</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>
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