COMMONWEALTH(COUNTRIES) TAX RELIEF IN NIGERIA-INTERNATIONAL TAXATION

- Nigerian company which is liable to pay tax under the Company  Income Tax Act(CITA) in Nigeria for any  year on any part of its profits proves to the satisfaction of the board that is has suffered or, deems to suffer Commonwealth income tax for that tax year in respect of that part of its profit, it shall be entitled to relief from tax paid or payable by it under CITA on the part of profit at a rate thereon to be determined as follows.

(I) If the Common Wealth(CW) rates does not exceed one-half of the rate of tax under this Act,
 the rate at which relief is to be given shall be the CW rate.

(II) In any other case, the rate at which relief is to be given shall be half  of the rate of tax  under this Act.

If  any Foreign company is liable to pay tax under the CITA for any tax year on any part of its profit
is subject to tax by the Service and suffered  or deemed  to suffer CW income tax for that year in respect of its profit, it shall be entitled to relief at a rate thereon to be determined as follows-

(i)If the CW rate of tax does not exceeds  the rate under this Act, the rate at which reliefs is to be given shall be 1/2 of the CW rate.

(ii) If the CW rate exceeds the rate of tax under this Act, the rate at which reliefs is to be given shall
be given shall be equal to the amount by which the rate of tax under this Act exceeds one-half of the
CW rate.


NOTE.

Nigeria Tax Rate = Tax Paid/Tax Payable in Nigeria/Income .


Commonwealth Rate= Tax Paid/Tax Payable in CWC/income.


Reference .
CITA.


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