•We are hopeful of passage — FIRS chairman
The Senate ad-hoc Committee on Tax Reform Bills held a closed-door meeting on Monday for several hours with the Federal Government delegation at the National Assembly complex.
The government delegation which had the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zach Adedeji and the Chairman,
Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Dr Mohammed Bello Sheu in attendance was led by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN).
At the end of the meeting, Senate Minority Leader, Abba Morro who spoke with journalists described the session as fruitful and dropped the hint that the interactive session with the FG meeting would continue.
He said:” We just had a meeting, an interface with the officials of government, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Chairman of RMAFC and in the process of evaluating the contending tendencies regarding the tax bill and we are in the process, we have agreed amongst ourselves that we must synthesize the whole processes to ensure that at the end of the day, we give to Nigerians what Nigerians want and that is a law that serves the purpose of all Nigerians.
“So that is where we are now and hopefully by the time we meet again we will finalize and we will have a better story to tell you. ”
Also speaking with journalists, Executive Chairman of the FIRS, expressed confidence that the proposed legislation would, ultimately, enjoy the support of the parliament.
He said: “So what has happened today is that you see the framework of the law, you see the attorney general, you see the lawmakers and all of us the operators and everything.
“All those things you call grey areas were discussed, identified and then we are in the right direction and everything is going as planned. ”
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