The Federal Government announced on 22 May 2017 that it would apply an additional 5 per cent charge from 1 July 2017 to companies that do not meet their tax obligations if they are involved in measures to sanction taxpayers and to voluntarily comply with them of the tax obligations. The Minister said the review of the interest rates on unpaid taxes was one of the necessary measures adopted by the Federal Government to enhance tax compliance, minimize tax evasion and deter late payments. Such defaulters would pay about 19 per cent on their obligation which is 5 per cent above the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 14 per cent policy rate. The Government would expect that the directive would have been published in the Federal Government’s gazette.
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