The Chairman Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele has revealed that the federal government is planning to increase Valued Added Tax, VAT, from the current 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent.

He stated this while speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today.

According to him, the presidential tax committee was working to consolidate multiple taxes in Nigeria to ensure tax reduction, adding that a draft tax law would soon be submitted to the National Assembly.

“We don’t know how soon they will be able to pass the law. Then subsequent increases are also indicated in terms of the year they will kick in,” he said.