The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has partnered Interswitch Group to enable taxpayers to file naira-denominated tax returns through its government-approved payment gateway.
The Interswitch payment gateway has been deployed on FIRS’s new Tax Administration Solution (TaxPro-Max) e-filling platform. For a seamless tax remittance process, taxpayers and tax consultants are expected to file their tax return on FIRS TaxProMax, click on Interswitch logo to generate the Document Identification Number (DIN) and make payment using Interswitch Paydirect at any bank branch nationwide or pay online via Quickteller Mobile App/Web.
Also, the registration on TaxProMax is mandatory as taxpayers that are yet to get their user credentials are to register onlineor visit the nearest FIRS tax office to be onboarded.
Interswitch Group’s Divisional Chief Executive Officer for Industry Ecosystem Platforms, Chinyere Don-Okhuofu, said the company is committed to supporting the FIRS to deepen effective tax collection, which is critical to national economic prosperity through its robust digital payment platform.
She said: “In furtherance of our commitment to support the Federal Government in driving efficient and accountable revenue collection across all touch points, we are delighted to consolidate our existing partnership with the Federal Inland Revenue Service in delivering seamless payment collections and reporting to complement the improved TaxProMax platform. The continued partnership between Interswitch and the FIRS, which dates back as far as 2005 when Interswitch pioneered electronic tax collections for the Federal Government is an attestation of our commitment to delivering robust and efficient payment solutions and a confirmation of the agency’s trust in our solutions.
“FIRS has modernised its tax administration and collection processes. We believe that the ease accompanied by the new platform will enhance tax compliance. In addition, leveraging proven payment solutions such as Interswitch’s makes the platform consistent with global standards. We, therefore, encouraged taxpayers to pay all their Naira-dominated tax returns through the Interswitch portal.”
Don-Okhuofu stressed the need to strengthen the digital payment landscape through innovative payment solutions such as TaxPro-Max to drive the much-needed transformation in the economy.