FIRS to introduce stamp duty on house rent,C of O

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has alerted Nigerians and others resident in the country to make sure that documents pertaining to rent or lease agreements for their homes or offices, Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) as well as a list of other common business-related transaction instruments are subject to authentication with the new FIRS Adhesive Stamp duty.

This is necessary in order to give these instruments the force of law and make them legally bidding on all parties involved in such transactions.

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