How to detect fake tax certificate.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has deployed an online portal to address fake Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) issued by fraudsters.
Dr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of FIRS, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday.
Ahmad said the effort was part of measures to check the activities of fraudsters who specialise in producing and selling fake TCC.
He explained that it had unveiled a state-of-the-art and user-friendly online portal that detects any TCC not duly issued by the FIRS.
Ahmad quoted the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammad Nami, as saying this in Abuja, while receiving the management of the Federal Capital Territory (FCTA) Land Administration.
Nami said: “We are not unmindful of the activities of fraudsters who specialise in producing and selling fake TCCs to tax evaders.
“The FIRS has now gone ahead of them as it has launched an online portal through which Ministries, Departments and Agencies, corporates and individuals could confirm the genuineness of TCCs issued to them.
