The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, will on Thursday, March 1st lead a high-powered Federal Government delegation to the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) stakeholders’ symposium in Kaduna State.
The VAIDS stakeholders’ symposium is being hosted by the Kaduna State Government and will be attended by the state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler among others.
Also expected at the forum, according to a statement issued by the FIRS, are business leaders, business owners and groups, tax advisers, captains of industries as well as professional and artisan bodies, among other strategic economic groupings within Kaduna State and environs.
The statement noted the VAIDS stakeholders’ symposium was aimed at promoting greater public understanding of the procedure for the tax amnesty scheme.
The VAIDS programme commenced on July 1, 2017 and provides opportunity for tax payers to voluntarily and truthfully declare their assets and incomes before the March 31st, 2018 deadline.
