Nigeria · Statistic
Company Income Tax collection, headline components
Public Finance · Source: NRS via NBS · quarterly
International comparability — CSA: Economic · GFSM 2014 (IMF)Quarterly Company Income Tax (CIT) collected in Nigeria as the published headline roll-up: the local Sub-Total (sum of sectors), the naira equivalent of CIT paid in foreign currency, Other Payments, and the grand Total. Sub-Total (Local) and Total are aggregates. National, whole naira. Originator NRS (formerly FIRS); publisher NBS.
Observations
65
Q1 2021 – Q1 2026
Coverage
Nigeria
national
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Displayed series · 21 quarterly periods · Q1 2021 – Q1 20264 component
Company Income Tax collection, headline components — Naira Equivalent of CIT Paid in Foreign Currency was NGN 828.8bn in Q1 2026, against NGN 184.5bn in Q1 2021 — 21 quarterly periods.
Latest
NGN 828.8bn
Q1 2026
Minimum
NGN 51.6bn
Q2 2021
Maximum
NGN 1.8tn
Q3 2025
Range
NGN 51.6bn – NGN 1.8tn
lowest – highest observed
Periods
21
published points
Showing the latest 12 of 21 periods. The downloads carry every observation.
| Period | Naira Equivalent of CIT Paid in Foreign CurrencyNGN |
|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 828,820,448,856.56 |
| Q4 2025 | 668,205,905,645.33 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,754,707,862,986.91 |
| Q2 2025 | 469,355,540,453.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,337,001,574,481.99 |
| Q4 2024 | 566,146,737,477.11 |
| Q3 2024 | 852,289,664,963.35 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,119,935,924,097.49 |
| Q1 2024 | 598,126,533,019.53 |
| Q4 2023 | 596,103,229,003.69 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,097,583,857,491.06 |
| Q2 2023 | 523,284,419,985.85 |
Methodology and provenance
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Source document
Last updated 5 August 2026
- Table CIT Sectoral Collection (component/aggregate rows)
Company Income Tax Collection, Headline Components · Planning,Research and Statistics Department, FIRS | Source: Research and Statistics Department, NRS
Originator: Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS, provider 86). Printed "Source:" captions retained verbatim: "Source: Planning,Research and Statistics Department, FIRS" and "Source: Research and Statistics Department, NRS" (Q4 2025 / Q1 2026). FIRS renamed to NRS — canonical originator NRS, FIRS kept verbatim (H135). Foreign-currency component relabelled by source ("Foreign CIT Payment" -> "Naira Equivalent of CIT Paid in Foreign Currency"); newer label canonical, old retained per-observation (H135 ruling B). Publisher: NBS.
Methodology
Data is provided by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
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- Originator
- Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS)
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
- Publication
- Company Income Tax
- Printed source caption
- Planning,Research and Statistics Department, FIRS | Source: Research and Statistics Department, NRS
- Publication reference
- NGA-NBS-CIT
- Catalog record
- Catalog 145
"Company Income Tax collection, headline components", NRS via NBS, Company Income Tax, ref. NGA-NBS-CIT. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-pf-cit-headline-components-nga.
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Source: NRS via NBS. Source publication: Company Income Tax. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; Q1 2026.