Nigeria’s first Tax Ombud and Chief Executive of the Office of the Tax Ombud, Dr John Nwabueze, has urged Nigerians and businesses facing unfair tax assessments, multiple taxation and disputes with revenue agencies to seek redress through the newly established office.
Nwabueze said the office was created to provide relief for taxpayers who had previously been left without an independent platform to challenge unfair treatment by tax and revenue authorities.
Speaking at a breakfast meeting with finance correspondents and heads of newsrooms in Abuja on Tuesday, Nwabueze said, “So you can say that the Office of the Tax Ombud is the first-to-go place for any aggrieved taxpayer.”
He said the office would serve as an independent and impartial institution for resolving complaints between taxpayers and revenue authorities through mediation, conciliation and alternative dispute resolution.
According to him, taxpayers who disagree with tax assessments or actions taken by revenue agencies can
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