Nigeria: Withholding Tax

Intra-group financing arrangement, particularly interest-bearing loan arrangements, have long been one of the foremost tax planning strategies adopted by multinational enterprises to shift profits from one jurisdiction to another. As a result, tax authorities globally tend to scrutinize these arrangements under transfer pricing rules to ensure that the terms of these transactions are at arm’s length.

For many foreign investors entering Nigeria's fast-growing markets, profitability is only half the battle. The real challenge lies in how much of those profits...

In June 2024, the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Adebayo Olawale Edun issued the Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding) Regulations, 2024...