Nigeriaā€™s Senate passed the Finance (Amendment) Bill 2024 on 25 July 2024, which introduces a windfall tax on bank profits from foreign exchange transactions for the 2023 fiscal year.

The newly sanctioned windfall tax is set at 70% on foreign exchange profits, an increase from the initially proposed 50%.Ā  The increase is part of Nigeriaā€™s revised Finance Act of 2024.

Earlier, Nigeriaā€™s National Assembly raised the windfall tax on banksā€™ foreign exchange (FX) gains to 70%. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu signed the Finance Act Order 2023 on 6 July 2023, which came into effect on 1 September 2023.