DAY: (1) 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 first session had the following panelists, which includes; KADIRS Executive Chairman, Dr. Zaid Abubakar, FIRS Representative Musa Adamu Agaie, KASTLEA Representative Mr.Idris Shehu, KADGIS Representative Mal.Gambo Musa Illalah and the General Manager of INTELIWORX Mal. Abdulrauf Aliyu.
While, the second session had the following panelists, the General Manager KEPA, Hajiya Maimunatu A. Abubakar, Representative of D.G KASUPDA Mr. Gabriel Ladan, Representative of M.D KADSWAC Mrs.Florence Odum, Representative of E.S SEMA Mr. Paul Fidelis Aboi and Mr. Joshua James, OGP Co- Chair, Open Budget, Kaduna State. With the topic: Taxpayer Education; A key Strategy in Achieving Fiscal Resilience and Economic Development.
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.
1st- December, 2021.
