PAYE, the Nigeria Tax Act, reliefs, and how much of your salary you actually take home.
The Nigeria Tax Act 2025 lets you deduct life insurance premiums and the interest on a loan to build the home you live in. Most payslips never apply either. Here's what the law actually says, what it's worth at your salary, and how to claim it.
Yes — a 13th month or December bonus is taxed as salary under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025, at your top rate. Here's how much of it you actually keep, with worked examples.
The Nigeria Tax Administration Act 2025 requires a return from every taxable person — whether or not you owe any tax, and whether or not your employer already deducted PAYE. Here's what the law says, what it costs to ignore it, and the reliefs you lose by not filing.
The Nigeria Tax Act 2025 scrapped the Consolidated Relief Allowance and replaced it with a rent relief worth 20% of your annual rent, capped at ₦500,000. Here's who gains, who quietly lost a relief, and the paperwork that decides whether you get it at all.
Headline inflation has come down to 15.43%, but food inflation has climbed to 20.31% — and food is where most Nigerian households spend most of their money. Here's how to work out your own personal inflation rate, and the raise you'd need just to stand still.
The Nigeria Tax Act 2025 changed how your salary is taxed from January 2026 — new bands, rent relief instead of CRA, and a full exemption for minimum wage earners. Here's the actual math, step by step.
The Nigeria Tax Act 2025 took effect on 1 January 2026 and rewrote how PAYE is calculated. Here is what changed — new tax bands, rent relief, and who pays more or less.