Tax Evasion: FG Tracks Social Media Content Creators, Influencers

 “They are not paying”

FIRS said social media content creators and influencers constituted a major block of tax evaders.

According to FIRS, they will make sure social media influencers and content creators pay their taxes.

FIRS said, a significant portion of tax evaders are social media influencers and content creators.

The chairman of the FIRS, Dare Adekambi, Special Adviser on Media, responded, “They are not paying,” when questioned about whether Nigerian content creators file tax returns.

“Skit makers, influencers and other content creators who are making money using digital platforms need to be paying tax. There is a law in Nigeria that requires everybody who earns income to pay tax. They earn in dollars. Tax is a civic obligation; civil servants are paying, so they also have to pay.

“The CAC's Registrar-General and the FIRS chairman recently discussed how they can work together in bringing them into the tax net. The challenge is how to track them, but we are looking into it,” Adekambi said.

He said that the FIRS would meet with influencers and content producers to explain the benefits of voluntary tax payment.

“But if our friendly approach is taken for granted, then we will go for enforcement,” he added.