REPORTS · ANNUAL REPORT
Annual report
The Service is required to publish, at least annually, a report of the revenue collected and its application. This is that report: what was collected, from what, at what cost, and what it was measured against.
The year in summary
Internally generated revenue for the year ended 31 December 2025 was ₦58.4 billion, against an appropriated target of ₦56.0 billion — an attainment of 104.3 per cent and an increase of 17.5 per cent on the ₦49.7 billion collected in 2024. Growth came almost entirely from base widening rather than from rate increases: no State rate was raised during the year.
The registered taxpayer base grew from 1,238,000 to 1,421,000, an increase of 183,000, of which 121,000 came from the enumeration exercises conducted in the eight rural local government areas and 44,000 from the market and motor park registration drives. Employer registrations rose from 7,610 to 8,412.
Cost of collection fell from 4.6 per cent to 4.1 per cent, continuing an eleven-year decline from 9.4 per cent in 2014. The largest single contributor was the migration of the remaining manual receipting at four area offices onto the platform, which removed the reconciliation staffing those offices required.
Ninety-six per cent of collections were received through electronic channels. The residual four per cent is accounted for almost entirely by the designated cash office at Revenue House, which the Board has decided to retain because withdrawing it would exclude taxpayers who have no other means.
Headline figures, financial year 2025
₦58.4bn
IGR collected
104.3% of the ₦56.0bn target
+17.5%
Growth on 2024
No rate increases in the year
1.42m
Registered taxpayers
Up 183,000 on 2024
4.1%
Cost of collection
Down from 4.6% in 2024
Collections by revenue category
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Growth | Share of IGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes | ₦31.4 billion | ₦26.1 billion | +20.3% | 53.8% |
| Motor Licensing | ₦11.2 billion | ₦9.8 billion | +14.3% | 19.2% |
| Fees | ₦5.9 billion | ₦5.2 billion | +13.5% | 10.1% |
| Levies | ₦4.4 billion | ₦3.6 billion | +22.2% | 7.5% |
| Licences | ₦2.6 billion | ₦2.3 billion | +13.0% | 4.5% |
| Rent on Government Property | ₦1.4 billion | ₦1.2 billion | +16.7% | 2.4% |
| Fines & Penalties | ₦0.9 billion | ₦0.8 billion | +12.5% | 1.5% |
| Earnings & Sales | ₦0.6 billion | ₦0.7 billion | −14.3% | 1.0% |
| Total | ₦58.4 billion | ₦49.7 billion | +17.5% | 100% |
Operational performance against service standards
| Standard | Target | 2025 attainment | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIN issued same day | 95% | 97.4% | 94.1% |
| Tax clearance certificate within 14 working days | 100% | 96.8% | 89.3% |
| Business premises registration within 10 working days | 90% | 92.1% | 86.4% |
| Objection acknowledged within 48 hours | 100% | 99.2% | 97.6% |
| Objection decided within 30 days of complete evidence | 90% | 88.4% | 81.0% |
| Payment reflected within 1 working day | 98% | 99.1% | 97.2% |
| Unmatched payments cleared within 5 working days | 95% | 96.3% | 92.8% |
| Service desk call answered within 3 minutes | 90% | 91.7% | 84.2% |
| Complaints resolved within 5 working days | 85% | 87.9% | 79.4% |
What the Service did in 2025
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Q1
Enumeration of eight rural LGAs completed
Geo-tagged capture across Bebeji, Garko, Rano, Karaye, Rimin Gado, Tofa, Gezawa and Minjibir added 121,000 economic units to the register.
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Q2
USSD collection channel launched
Payment against a reference by USSD went live with nine banks, and became the most used channel in the informal sector within four months.
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Q2
Land use charge revaluation
The first full revaluation in six years, covering 214,000 developed properties, with a published objection window and 8,100 objections decided.
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Q3
Manual receipting withdrawn
The last four area offices operating receipt booklets moved to electronic receipting, completing a five-year programme.
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Q3
Employer audit programme
Audits of 340 employers recovered ₦2.1 billion in under-deducted and unremitted PAYE, with instalment arrangements granted in 96 cases.
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Q4
Motor licensing renewal notifications
Automated reminders at 60, 30, 14, 7 and 1 days went live across SMS, email and WhatsApp. On-time renewal rose from 61% to 78%.
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Q4
Open data portal published
Monthly collections by category, MDA and local government area published as downloadable data under an open licence.
What the Service will do in 2026
- Complete enumeration of the twelve remaining urban and peri-urban wards.
- Bring the presumptive tax arrangement onto a single digital instalment mandate for market taxpayers.
- Reduce the tax clearance certificate turnaround from 14 to 7 working days.
- Integrate directly with the Corporate Affairs Commission register for real-time entity verification.
- Extend dedicated virtual accounts to every employer remitting above ₦20 million a month.
- Publish revenue data monthly rather than quarterly on the open data portal.
- Open two additional roadworthiness inspection lanes at Wudil and Bichi.
- Reduce cost of collection below 4.0 per cent.
See the numbers behind the report
Collections by year, month, category, MDA and local government area, with ranked tables and downloadable data.