Tax Ombud crucial to building fair, accountable tax system –AERE

By Merit Ibe
As Nigeria intensifies efforts to increase revenue, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics Ltd/GTE (AERE) has stressed the importance of protecting taxpayers and ensuring accountability in tax administration through a strong and effective Tax Ombud.
In a policy brief titled “Tax Justice Must Have a Human Face: Why Nigeria’s Tax Ombud Matters in the Age of Digital Assets and Multiple Taxation,” Chairman of AERE, Kelvin Dele-Oye, said taxation could not be sustained by legal authority alone, but also required legitimacy and public confidence in the system.
According to him, taxpayers must have confidence that government will act lawfully, explain its decisions fa...