The Federal Inland Revenue Service provides an annual planner for due dates for different taxes in Nigeria. The table below shows the important tax dates in Nigeria

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PAYE (Pay As You Earn Tax); VAT- (Value Added Tax); WHT- (Withholding Tax); CIT- (Companies Income Tax); CGT- (Capital Gains Tax); EDT- (Educational Tax); NIDTL - (National Information Development Tax Levy); PIT - (Personal Income Tax)

The Employers Annual Return is due once a year

Important due dates for filing tax returns or remitting funds in Nigeria :

Due Date	10th	21st	28th	30th	31st
January	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT			CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL & Employer's Annual Return (PAYE)
February	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT	CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
March	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT			CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL & PIT
April	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT		CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
May	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT			CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
June	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT		CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
July	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT			CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
August	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT			CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
September	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT		CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
October	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT			CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
November	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT		CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL
December	PAYE remittance	VAT & WHT			CIT,CGT,EDT, NITDL

Important Note:  CIT, CGT, EDT and NITDL has to be returned for the end of previous 6 months annual year. You have to submit your annual self assement of CIT, CGT, EDT and NITDL Tax returns of each years within January 31^st - December 31^st.

 

Tax plans are published each year by FIRS (Federal Inland Revenue Service) . You can find the plans of each year here.

Learn more about Taxes in Nigeria