{"id":214685,"date":"2022-09-05T20:24:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T19:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=214685"},"modified":"2022-09-05T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T19:24:27","slug":"federal-govt-suspends-5-percent-tax-on-calls-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/05\/federal-govt-suspends-5-percent-tax-on-calls-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Govt suspends 5 percent tax on calls, data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspended the proposed five percentage excise duty on telecommunication services.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/01\/pantami-rejects-imposition-of-5-excise-duty-on-telecoms-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pantami<\/a> personally rejected the policy and advised President Muhammadu Buhari against it in view of the effects it would have on the digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the introduction of excise duty in the telecommunication and information and communications technology industry would jeopardise the successes already recorded within the industry.<\/p>\n<p>He described the implementation of the tax as an overburden for the telecommunications sector.<\/p>\n<p>He had said that the National Assembly members were not consulted.<\/p>\n<p>But the Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had accused him of sabotaging government efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst the comments by Isa Ali Pantami, honourable minister of communication and digital economy, concerning the five percent excise duty hike on telecoms services, it is worth noting that there was a circular stating the planned hike which was addressed to the communication minister and other relevant ministries and agencies of government,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe circular Referenced No. F. 17417\/VI\/286, dated 1st March 2022, and titled \u201cApproval for Implementation of the 2022 Fiscal Policy Measures and Tariff Amendments\u201d was addressed to different ministers, including the honourable minister, communications and digital economy and other heads of government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of the above position of Prof. Pantami, there could be the question of whether he was absent in the whole process that resulted in the Finance Act, which is a product of both the National Assembly and Federal Executive Council (FEC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuffice this to say that before the Act, the Finance Bill would have been through the FEC of which Prof. Pantami is a member and the National Assembly. 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