FINANCE

COMPANY INCOME TAX 2:NIGERIA

CIT RATE IS 30% FOR TURNOVER MORE THAN 100Million

20% FOR TURNOVER MORE THAN 25million < 100million

0 % 25million and less

DIVIDEND EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION..

-Dividend received as bonus issue of share.

-Dividend received from a pioneer company.

-Dividend from a small company

-Dividend of coy under Petroleum profit tax.

-dividend distributed by a unit trust.

-dividend received from foreign investment provided is through dom acc.

-dividend received net of wht by  a nig coy from another Nigeria coy.

INTEREST EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION.

-Any interest on a foreign loan.

-interest in agricultural loan-moratorium is not less than 18months

-Any interest on an export loan approve  export prom council and proof that  not less than 50 percent of the goods produced are for export and are not re-exported back.

The rate at which the interest shall be exempted as provided by cita

Period                                                   moratorium                                                        rate of exemption.

>7 years                                               not<than 24 months                                       100%

5-7years                                               not<than 18 months                                       70%

2-4years                                               not<than  12month                                         40%

PROFITS EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION-SECT 19 OF CITA

-PROFIT EXEMPTED

Profit exempted

-profit of any coy being a statutory registered friendly society

-engaged in ecclesiatecal,charitable or educational activities of a public character.

-trade union(trade union reg trade union act of 1973.

-coy or corporation registered by the state for fostering economic development

-any coy being cooperative societies.

-promoting sports –expended for sports as prescribed by

-gds exported used wholly for purchase of raw material,plants,equip and spare parts.

-supplies are exclusively input for manufacturing of export-provided certificate of input given.

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