From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) said it is working on the adoption of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in the analysis of taxpayer return.
A tax return is a form filed with a tax authority on which a taxpayer states their income, expenses, and other tax information for a given period for the purpose of complying with the tax laws.
The Executive Chairman of the Service, Dr Zaid Abubakar stated this at the first edition of KADIRS Tax Dialogue in Kaduna on Saturday.
The theme of the dialogue is “Voluntary Tax Compliance: A Fundamental for Social Contract and Service Delivery”.
He said the new technology would empower the service to actively monitor taxable activities in the informal economy, and therefore maximise collections.
“Many studies have confirmed that the informal sector in Nigeria, is several times bigger, and harder to tax than the formal sector.
“The RPA is a step that will surely place us ahead of the curve, as far as revenue collections are concerned,” he said.
