An Appraisal of Value Added Tax as a Source of Revenue to Governments
An Appraisal of Value Added Tax as a Source of Revenue to Governments
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2000-10
Authors
DAHIRU, SANI MOHAMMED
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Abstract
The government of any Nation has among its duties Maintain of law, and order;
Provision of necessary infrastructure such as Electricity, Education and health facilities. For
the government to discharge these duties effectively, it needs fund which it derives from
public expenditures. One of the major aveneus to derivation of this fund is Taxation.
More often than not, this avenues of fund derivation are inadequate and insufficient to
cover the needed government expenditures. As result, the need for an additional means
widening the avenues of derivation Revenue via Taxation to meet government expenditures
arose. Consequently, a study group was inaugurated to review taxation in Nigeria (1991)
hence the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) as an additional source of revenue to the
government.
The major objective of this study is to among other things examine; The of Value
Added Tax (VAT) as an additional source of revenue to the Federal Government.
Analyzing the existing collection Strategies of VAT administration with a view to
improvement in order to hinge the pitfalls of VAT avoidance and evasion.
And review any other thing related to VAT Administration to improve efficiency and
effectiveness.
Accordingly, in detailed analysis of the data collected was carried out and a lot of
findings regarding performance and problems of the strategies was made. Suggestions and
recommendations for more effective and reliable strategies for VAT Administration and
Collection were made for governmental consideration.
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Being a Research Work Presented
to the Department of Business Administration,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Fulfillment for
the
Award of Masters Degree in Business
Administration (MBA)
October, 2000
Keywords
Appraisal,, Value,, Added Tax,, Source,, Revenue,, Governments