The Joint Revenue Board (JRB) has introduced that 21 states have handed the Model Harmonised Taxes and Levies Law.
The Executive Secretary of the board, Mr Olusegun Adesokan, disclosed this on Wednesday throughout a press convention attended by Nairametrics.
The growth comes months after the Federal Government issued implementation pointers for the transition from the repealed tax laws to the brand new Tax Acts 2025, which took impact on January 1, 2026.
(*21*)What the board is saying
Adesokan highlighted that the federal government’s tax harmonisation efforts are gaining floor throughout the states, with 21 states now on board.
He listed the next states as having handed the legislation:
- Kebbi
- Kaduna
- Zamfara
- Ekiti
- Enugu
- Abia
- Anambra
- Gombe
- Adamawa
- Yobe
- Borno
- Niger
- Plateau
- Benue
- Kogi
- Kwara
- Nasarawa
- Akwa Ibom
- Bayelsa
- Delta
- Ondo
Furthermore, he added that the harmonised tax and levy heads are changing greater than 100 fragmented taxes and levies on the subnational degree.
He mentioned the brand new tax heads embrace revenue tax, stamp duties, property tax, highway tax, haulage levy, financial growth levy, harmonised levy, person cost and day by day ticket.
He disclosed that states are embracing know-how for seamless income administration, with a number of already benefiting from JRB-supported know-how interventions.
(*21*)Zero tolerance for money assortment on roads
Adesokan, in response to a query from the press, additional maintained that the board has zero tolerance for roadblocks erected to facilitate money assortment.
- “This(ban) is supported by the Model Harmonised Taxes and Levies Law and the Presumptive Tax Regulations, 2026,” he mentioned.
He confused that the board would strengthen its ongoing collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force to apprehend defaulters, including that enforcement would begin quickly.
(*21*)What it’s best to know
Nigeria’s tax reform programme, launched in 2025, represented one of many nation’s most formidable fiscal overhauls in many years.
- The reforms launched the Nigeria Tax Act, Nigeria Tax Administration Act, Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Act and Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act. Their goals embrace eliminating duplicate taxes, harmonising tax administration, enhancing compliance, increasing the tax base and lowering the burden on small companies.
- As a part of the reform, the Joint Revenue Board additionally prohibited the gathering of highway taxes and levies by way of checkpoints and banned using highway stickers by state and non-state actors.
- The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, had mentioned the tax reform pointers present a framework for managing transitional points whereas guaranteeing equity and administrative certainty.
Oyedele described the Tax Acts 2025 as a major milestone in Nigeria’s tax reform programme.
He mentioned the rules are constructed round three rules: readability, equity and administrative certainty.
