Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has launched Taxporta, a new digital tax management platform to simplify tax administration and enhance compliance.
The Executive Chairman FCT- IRS, Mr Michael Ango, at a stakeholders’ engagement with MDAs at the National Assembly Library Trust Fund Complex, Abuja, on the implementation of Nigeria’s 2025 tax reforms to ensure voluntary compliance, reiterated the commitment of the Service to make filing of taxes easier for all taxpayers, Ministries, Department and Agencies, MDAs.
Ango described the new portal as an upgrade of the agency’s existing digital infrastructure to provide taxpayers with faster, safer and more efficient services.
He said the initiative is an end-to-end self-service platform through which taxpayers can register, file returns, calculate taxes, and generate receipts without third-party assistance.
He added that Taxporta is also designed to enable taxpayers complete virtually all tax-related transactions without visiting FCT-IRS offices.
“All the allowances provided under the law have been imputed into the system. Essentially, you are only going to have to put in your income, all of the rest of the work, things like tax clearance, payments of taxes, and all will be done on the portal,” Ango said.
He expressed confidence that the new platform would strengthen revenue collection and help the Service exceed its annual revenue targets, which is to generate the maximum tax.
On enforcement, he assured that the Service would continue to prioritize voluntary compliance over sanctions.
He further explained that collaboration with MDAs for revenue generation is key for the FCT-IRS, which occupies a unique position as both a Federal Government agency and an agency of the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
He said the stakeholder engagement was organized to ensure a seamless transition from the previous platform to the upgraded system while strengthening partnerships with government institutions, adding improved tax compliance would support the ongoing transformation of Abuja through increased funding for infrastructure and public services.
Ango stated that the FCT, as an institution, was funded, apart from the IGR, by one percent of the allocation to the federal government, with Value Added Tax and service accounting for the bulk of its revenue.
In his remarks, Executive Secretary of the National Assembly Library Trust Fund, Hon. Henry Nwauna, described the engagement as a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening collaboration between government institutions and tax authorities.
