TAX AVOIDANCE THROUGH ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO PENSION – PENCOM FINALLY ACTS

November 30, 2017

The National Pensions Commission (Pencom) last week issued a circular to all licensed Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) and Pension Fund Custodians (PFCs) to give directives on acceptable withdrawals from the Voluntary Contributions (VC) by employees before retirement. This circular is coming on the heels of the controversies generated by publications by the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and the Joint Tax Board (JTB) in August 2017, informing the public that AVCs will not be acceptable as non-taxable deduction in arriving at the tax payable by employees, unless evidence is provided to prove that no withdrawals were subsequently made by the employees.

IFRS 15: A critical disruption for businesses in 2018

November 16, 2017

Year 2018 is bound to witness a lot of critical disruptions in the financial reporting parlance. This is due to the mandatory adoption of IFRS 15 whose effective date is 1st January 2018 by companies.

The disruptions to be caused by this standard is pervasive as it will cut across almost all aspects of the business functions. In addition, a lot of companies are expected to be massively impacted. What differs across various sectors is the degree of complexities on issues to contend with and the efforts required for effective and efficient transition.

The ultimate adoption of this standard will represent a major mile stone in the convergence journey between International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and it took about six years for both standard setting bodies to eventually agree on uniformity of existing revenue standards under US GAAP and IFRS.

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TAX AVOIDANCE THROUGH ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO PENSION – PENCOM FINALLY ACTS

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IFRS 15: A critical disruption for businesses in 2018