Tax evasion: Appeal tribunal orders MTN to pay FIRS $72.5m
The Lagos division of the Tax Appeal Tribunal has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications to pay the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) $72,551,059 million tax default. The five-person panel, led by Prof. Abubakar Hamed, however, declined to impose penalties and interest on the principal sum of $21,039,807 million on the telecommunication firm as requested by FIRS. The panel made the declaration …