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Attention! First and Business Class Travelers In Nigeria Will Now Pay More on Tickets As FIRS Launches New Tax Regime

Posted by Lolade on Fri 03rd Jul, 2015 - tori.ng

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has launched a new tax regime which will have first class and business class travelers in Nigeria pay more on tickets.

The new tax regime introduced by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, will have first class and business class travelers in Nigeria pay more on tickets.

Luxury travelers will now pay a N15,000 levy for first class and business class tickets, it was learnt on Thursday, July 2.

FIRS Acting Chairman, Sunday Samuel Odugbesan, who led other officials of the Service, spoke when they visited Senate President Bukola Saraki in Abuja.

He said the FIRS was already working out new tax regimes to shore up its revenue collection and part of the new tax regime is to tax private jet owners, mansion owners and traveller who fly business and first class.