Itodo Daniel Sule
The National Assembly has disowned the four gazetted tax laws which have been generating ripples following the alleged discrepancies between the version passed by the lawmakers as contained in the approved votes and proceedings and those gazetted and circulated to the public.
The legislature late Saturday night released Certified True Copies (CTCs) of the approved versions of the tax laws as earlier passed by both chambers and transmitted for presidential assent.
A comparison of the CTCs to the earlier “altered” gazetted versions shows that the discrepancies have been addressed, with the National Assembly approving the versions it passed and disowning the controversial gazetted copies that had stirred public concern.
The four laws, which took effect on January 1, are the National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, the Nigeria Tax Administration Act and the Nigeria Tax Act.
