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Nigeria to Impose 5% VAT on Online Sales

Nigeria will begin imposing a 5 percent value-added tax on all online purchases starting January 2020, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said in a Sept. 9 report. The VAT will be collected by Nigerian “bank card issuers and other…

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electronic payment service providers” on behalf of Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service, the report said.