By Biola Lawal
Abuja (Flowerbudnews): Yhe Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has urged Ministries, Departments, Agencies of government and other employers of Labour in FCT to file their annual returns of income for 2023 on or before January 31st ,2024.
In a statement signed by Mustapha Sumaila,, Head Corporate Communications, FCT-IRS, the Service said that the return must be from all revenue sources of such MDAs etc, for the year ended, (31st December, 2023).
”This is in compliance with Section 41 of the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) 2011 (as amended) which mandates all employers of labour in the FCT to file annual returns before January 31 of every year using the prescribed forms, Form G and Form H1 respectively,” FCT-IRS stated
The Service said that Sections 94, 95 and 96 of PITA stipulated penalties for non-filing, incorrect/false declaration and late submission, warning that it would not hesitate to enforce the laws on defaulters.
”Organisation that wish to file online may visit www.fctirs.gov.ng and click on create account or click on login for those that already had accounts, adding, ” or you can proceed to any of the FCT-IRS offices to submit electronic copies of your returns”.
FCT-IRS said that ”forms are also available in the 15 offices including the Service’s headquarters for those who may want to file manually,”.
It enjoined employers of labour, organisations and agents to file their returns before the January 31 deadline, warning, ”otherwise the late filers and non-filers will be penalised in accordance with the law”. (Flowerbudnews)
