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To enhance the ease of doing business and improve taxpayer satisfaction, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has launched a USSD code, *829#, allowing Nigerians to access tax services directly from their mobile phones.

The initiative was unveiled on Wednesday at the Revenue House in Abuja by FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, during a ceremony marking Customer Service Week, themed Above and Beyond.

This was disclosed in a statement by Dare Adekanmbi, special adviser on media to the FIRS chairman.

According to the statement, Nigeria is now the sixth African nation to adopt a USSD platform for tax payment simplification, placing the country at the forefront of digital tax administration on the continent.

It said the new service is designed to enable taxpayers to retrieve their Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), verify their Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC), access information on tax types and rates, locate the nearest FIRS office, and seek answers to general tax-related queries, all without requiring internet access.

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