The announcement is contained in a statement signed by Johannes Oluwa­tobi Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman of FIRS, (Media & Communication).

The TaxPro Max, a tax administration solution introduced by the apex tax authority in June 2021 is a one-stop-shop for taxpayer registration, tax returns fil­ing, tax payment, tax clear­ance certificate requesting, among other functional­ities.

The service made the announcement on Tuesday via its social media pages on Twitter, Facebook, and Ins­tagram where it stated that the generation of tax clear­ance certificates, which used to be issued within a period of two weeks, would now be available on a single click by the taxpayer.

The innovation is coming on the heels of wide-scale technological reforms that the service has embarked on in its bid to achieve 100 per­cent automation of its tax administration functions.

Commenting on the de­velopment, the Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, ex­plained that the function­ality was in line with the objectives of the Service to make the lives of taxpayers easier and ensure the ease of doing business in the country.

“One of our objectives as a service is to build a cus­tomer-centric institution,” he stated.

“That means an institu­tion that has the customer at the heart of its innovations and solutions. It is for this reason that we have tuned the operations of our Tax­Pro Max solution to be able to deliver Tax clearance certificates in the shortest possible time to taxpayers. At the click of a button, a taxpayer will get their tax clearance certificates, as long as they have no out­standing liabilities.

“This would impact in no small measure on the Ease of Doing Business in Nige­ria,” Nami stated.

Explaining further Mr. Nami stated that the taxpay­er could only generate their Tax Clearance Certificates on the TaxPro Max platform when they did not owe any liabilities among other con­ditions set out for use of the platform.

The FIRS boss noted that this innovation was aimed at appreciating tax­payers for their trust and contributions to national development, stating that the Service would continue to come up with innovative solutions that would make the taxpayers’ life easier.

He also used the oppor­tunity to wish all taxpay­ers in the country a happy and prosperous new year, urging them to continue to trust the government to serve their interests, as the taxes paid by them direct­ly and indirectly are what Government at the three tiers continue to use to fund social amenities, secure life and properties of the citi­zenries and provide critical national infrastructures in­cluding schools, hospitals, roads, among others.

Nami also implored gov­ernments at all levels to continue to give taxpayers value for their money.