Senate bill imposes tax on GSM, cable TV subscribers

October 3, 2019
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja


A bill for an Act to introduce tax on communication and cable television services scaled first reading at the Senate on Wednesday.

The introduction of the tax, it was learnt, was to replace the 2.2 per cent increase in the Value Added Tax being planned by the Federal Government.

The Bill for an Act to establish the Communication Service Tax was sponsored by a former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume.


Briefing journalists shortly after the first reading of the bill was taken by the Senate, Ndume said the imposition of tax on communication service was a better way of distributing wealth in such a way that would not affect the ordinary people.

He said increasing VAT would have very devastating effects on the economy as it would raise prices of goods and services.

The bill provides the charging of nine per cent on calls and data usage.


The bill reads in part, “There shall be imposed, charged payable and collected a monthly Communication Service Tax to be levied on charges payable by a user of an electronic communication service other than private electronic communication services.

“The tax shall be levied on electronic communication services supplied by service providers.

“For the purpose of this clause, the supply of any form of recharges shall be considered as a charge for usage of electronic communication service.

“The tax shall be levied on such electronic communication services like voice calls, SMS, MMS, data usage – both from telecommunication services providers and internet service – as well as pay per view TV stations.


“The tax shall be paid together with the electronic communication service charge payable to the service provider by the consumer of the service.”

The bill stipulates that the Federal Inland Revenue Service would pay the tax collected together with any interest and penalty into the Federation Account.

According to the bill, all service providers shall file a tax return to account for the tax.

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It is finished already! Rubber stamp senators are at it again. Zombies enjoy the next level..

God punish Apc..

hmm..ftc

Na wah o.

The senate should slash the outrageous aMount being paid to them, before even talking about such taxes

The tax would still not improve Nigeria, it will only give way for telecommunication companies to extort and be fraudulent to Nigerians.

Those that voted for them will be so happy and jubilating about this news

More problems for the average Nigerian

Hmm see this fvcking people sha

Next level

Maybe it has become necessary, let's see if it would help the young generation. You and I would use our time more judiciously. All we do is bury ourselves online and in front of the screen doing nothing and defending criminals.

To me they should levy gotv and dstv but not Nigerian own payTv, let's grow and patronize our own.

Change and Next Level combined

Meanwhile, buharists

This people will kill us one day to get more tax to loot.

Data that disappear before you even subscribe you people still want to tax it?

Ahhhh.....

They can go right ahead. I don't even know which one paying for irritates me d most

Buhari is really trying I swear. At least he isn't tasking us for breathing YET!!!

Tax, Tax, Tax and more Taxes... That's the only thing they think about. Soon we will start to pay tax for the blood in our bodies. Useless idiots.

Revolution is lurking .. The govt should continue pushing people to the wall ok ..

IF THEM BORN BUHARI WELL MAKE E SUPPORT DIS NONSENSE.. NA RHAT HIM GO KNOW SAY JESUS NO BE AJEGUNLE MAN

Sai baba. Next level hasn't even gone half. By next year, tax on oxygen breathed by citizens.

This Is A Big Shame On All Of You That Voted This Governments Still Supports Them , May The Lives Of Your Generation Never Be Better...

Funny country!

People are dying of hunger and poverty, you are trying to tax even the air they breathe.

I am not afraid of all these taxes, cause I know one day am going to be a senator and you are not who knows if your kids might be ordinary citizens by then. Let's see how they pay all these taxes you all keep proposing

In saner climes people pay alot of taxes but they see the results in form of good roads, power, potable drinking water, well funded education and health care delivery etc. Alas in Nigeria, it's the poor and middle class that pay taxes which at the end the bulk of it is looted by corrupt government officials and also used to fund our Legislators who are a liability. The irony of it is that our thieving politicians go to these developed countries to enjoy the infrastructure provided by those countries tax payers but will not come and do same in Nigeria. In summary, paying tax in Nigeria is a Scam

And the so called 'next level' just started

Soon, dem go tax us for eating and pooing.
This country na joke

Thieving government trying to raise revenue by any means possible just to continue stealing for their unborn generation to lavish.

Can't help buy to laugh.
Only gamers will understand the true meaning of next level.
All those saying your next level will be smooth and easy, when you hold pad na that time the pad go dey vibrate pass.

haq haq haq


How to make Nigerians finally have sense.... welcome to Next Level War Against Indecipline

*step 1 close borders (you either go to farm or die)
*step 2 CBN stops giving Importers Forex for importation (If you want to import Gucci Rice go and Buy dollars from Inviticus Obi)
*step 3 tax anything and everythng
*step 4 massive clamp down on lazy youths Yahoo boy
*step 5 bring back Toll gates (no more free road, and no more free movements for criminals and kidnappers)


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