ZARIA ZONE; KADIRS STAKEHOLDERS’ ENGAGEMENT SUMMIT, 2021.

As part of the effort to ensure that taxpayers are fully involved in decision making and enhancement of feedback mechanism in Tax Administration in Kaduna State, the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service in collaboration and support from Christian aid and Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn PERL organized a two day stakeholders’ engagement summit at Bafra Hotel, Kaduna.

The theme for this year summit is: Digitization of Tax Administration, Taxpayer Education and Voluntary Compliance; Panacea for Resilience towards Building a Modern Society. While the Topic for the first session was : Digitizing Taxation in Kaduna State; Issues, Challenges and opportunity for Enhanced Revenue for Development.

The Executive Chairman Dr. Zaid Abubakar was represented by the Executive Director Revenue Operations Dr.Muhammad Lawal who presided over the Panel of Discussion With the topic: Taxpayer Education; A key Strategy in Achieving Fiscal Resilience and Economic Development.

The panelists included the General Manager KEPA Hajiya Maimunatu Abubakar, representative of D.G KASUPDA Alh. Yusuf D Aliyu, the Focal Person Tax Justice Network Halliru Ahmad Khalifa,Director Direct Assessment Alh. Ibrahim Galadima with Dr. Muhammad Lawal as the Chief Moderator.
The contributions of the panelists from the two sessions centered on the automation and tax education as the critical tool for enhancing Voluntary tax compliance.

They made emphasis on the need for tax Authorities to create a user- friendly system that meets the needs of all kinds of taxpayers, tax officials and tax agents and ultimately increase tax compliance, foster transparency, reduce cost of collections and likewise improve revenue mobilisation.

Signed:
Zakari Jamilu Muhammad.
Head: Corporate Communication.
7th- December, 2021.