Nigeria has formally released the Income Tax (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations, 2018. This follows Nigeria's signing of the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of Country-by-Country Reports (CbCRs) in January 2016 and subsequent ratification in August 2016.
Groups headquartered in Nigeria will be required to prepare and file a CbCR with the FIRS annually.
Other relevant provisions
- Effective date: accounting years beginning on or after 1 January 2018;
- Threshold and Exemptions: groups with consolidated revenue less than ₦160 billion (USD444m) in the previous reporting period are exempted;
- Filing deadlines: no later than 12 months after the last day of the MNE group's accounting year end;
- Notification deadline – Affected entities must make an appropriate notification to the FIRS no later than the last day of the group's accounting year end.
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