FIRS boss, Babatunde Fowler, disclosed this at a media workshop on VAIDS in Abuja on Thursday. The federal government has realized a total of N17 billion from tax evaders since the launch of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS).Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler made this disclosure at a media sensitization for workshop on VAIDS on Thursday, December 7, 2017, in Abuja.Fowler noted that federal government is expecting another N6 billion before the end of December, 2017.The FIRS boss also stated that the FIRS had also sealed off over 2,000 properties in the Abuja over failure to to file annual tax returns.“Less than 500 firms have paid N17 billion and another N6 billion is being expected to be paid before the end of December,” Fowler stated.“In terms of number, we have not gotten the type of crucial number we envisaged when we gave tax amnesty. We have 2,700 companies that applied for it. Now, we are talking about several companies that have come under VAIDS .
