Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) is the sole agency responsible for collection of
tax and all other forms of internally generated revenue by the
Kwara State
Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...
Government with its headquarters in
Ilorin
Ilorin is the List of capitals of states of Nigeria, capital city of Kwara State in Western Nigeria.. Retrieved 18 February 2007 As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 777,667, making it the List of Nigerian cities by population, 7th ...
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Kwara State
Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...
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Nigeria and area offices in all 16 local governments in
Kwara State
Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...
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Established on June 22, 2015, when the Kwara State Revenue Administration Law, 2015 (Law No.6 of 2015) was passed, the service took over the responsibility of tax administration from the old Kwara State Board of Internal Revenue which immediately became defunct.
In September 2018, the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service became the first revenue service (IRS) in Nigeria to achieve two
ISO certifications and the first state internal revenue service (SIRS) to achieve any ISO certification at all. The service got certified in
ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System and
ISO/IEC 22301: 2012 Business Continuity Management System.
The service is currently under the leadership of
Shade Omoniyi who was appointed as Executive Chairman on October 1, 2019. She is part of a cabinet which comprises over 50% women, appointed by
Kwara State
Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...
Governor
AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (born 5 February 1960) is a Nigerian politician, who has served as governor of Kwara State since 2019. He was previously the CEO of First Fuels Limited. He contested unsuccessfully for the governor of Kwara State in 2003, ...
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References
External links
Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Website
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory ta ...
Government of Kwara State
Government agencies established in 2015
2015 establishments in Nigeria
Organizations based in Kwara State
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