Category: Nigeria


  • Section 30 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 30 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Ascertainment of chargeable income of individuals. It provides as follows: (1) The chargeable income of an individual, is the total income of that individual ascertained under the provisions of section 28 of this Act, less eligible deductions. (2) For…

  • Section 29 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 29 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Presumptive taxation. It provides as follows: Notwithstanding any provisions of Chapter Two of this Act, where for all practical purposes, the income of a person chargeable to tax under this Act cannot be ascertained or records are not kept…

  • Section 28 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 28 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Total income of an individual. It provides as follows: (1) The total income of an individual for any year of assessment is the taxable income less total deduction. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) –(a) taxable income is…

  • Section 27 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 27 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Ascertainment of total profits of companies First Schedule. It provides as follows: (1) The total profits of a company for any year of assessment, shallbe the amount of its total assessable profits from all sources, including chargeable gains computed…

  • Section 26 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 26 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Basis for computing assessable profits for trade or business. It provides as follows: (1) With respect to income from an employment or pension, the assessable income of an individual shall be the amount of the income of the year…

  • Section 25 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 25 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Continuity of trades. It provides as follows: An individual carrying on a trade, business, profession or vocation, shall not be treated as having commenced or ceased to do so solely by reason of a change in the territory in…

  • Section 24 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 24 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Cessation of trade or business. It provides as follows: (1) Where a trade, business, profession or vocation permanently ceases to carry on operations in Nigeria in an accounting period, the assessable profits for the relevant year of assessment shall…

  • Section 23 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 23 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Change in accounting date. It provides as follows: (1) Where a taxable person changes the date to which it usually computes its assessable profits, the basis period for the computation of the assessable profits for the relevant year of…

  • Section 22 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 22 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Basis for computing assessable profits for trade or business. It provides as follows: (1) Except as provided in this section, the profits of any trade, business, profession or vocation for each year of assessment (the assessable profits) shall be…

  • Section 21 Nigeria Tax Act 2025 Section 21 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Deductions not allowed. It provides as follows: A deduction shall not be allowed for the purposes of ascertaining the profits or income from any trade, business, profession or vocation in respect of – (a) capital repaid or withdrawn from…