Federal Inland Revenue Service
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service is Nigeria’s federal tax authority responsible for assessing, collecting, and accounting for taxes and other revenues on behalf of the government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Inland Revenue Service canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10777324 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Inland Revenue Service Context triple: [FGN, hasAgency, Federal Inland Revenue Service]
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A.
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The Bureau of Internal Revenue is the Philippine government agency responsible for collecting national taxes and enforcing tax laws throughout the country.
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B.
Nigeria Customs Service
The Nigeria Customs Service is the federal agency responsible for collecting customs revenue, facilitating trade, and enforcing import and export regulations at Nigeria’s borders.
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C.
Federal Board of Revenue
The Federal Board of Revenue is Pakistan’s central tax authority responsible for formulating and enforcing fiscal policies, collecting federal taxes, and combating tax evasion.
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D.
South African Revenue Service
The South African Revenue Service is the government agency responsible for administering the country’s tax system and customs services.
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E.
Office of Tax and Revenue
The Office of Tax and Revenue is the District of Columbia government agency responsible for administering and collecting the city’s taxes and related revenues.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Inland Revenue Service Target entity description: The Federal Inland Revenue Service is Nigeria’s federal tax authority responsible for assessing, collecting, and accounting for taxes and other revenues on behalf of the government.
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A.
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The Bureau of Internal Revenue is the Philippine government agency responsible for collecting national taxes and enforcing tax laws throughout the country.
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B.
Nigeria Customs Service
The Nigeria Customs Service is the federal agency responsible for collecting customs revenue, facilitating trade, and enforcing import and export regulations at Nigeria’s borders.
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C.
Federal Board of Revenue
The Federal Board of Revenue is Pakistan’s central tax authority responsible for formulating and enforcing fiscal policies, collecting federal taxes, and combating tax evasion.
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D.
South African Revenue Service
The South African Revenue Service is the government agency responsible for administering the country’s tax system and customs services.
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E.
Office of Tax and Revenue
The Office of Tax and Revenue is the District of Columbia government agency responsible for administering and collecting the city’s taxes and related revenues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
revenue service ⓘ tax authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FIRS ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Central Bank of Nigeria
ⓘ
Joint Tax Board of Nigeria ⓘ Nigerian Customs Service ⓘ
linked to:
Nigeria Customs Service
state internal revenue services in Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
State Revenue Service
|
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2007
ⓘ
Nigerian tax laws ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Nigeria ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Abuja ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Federal Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Nigeria
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2007
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Board of Revenue Act, 2007
|
| mandate |
account for tax and other revenues to the Federal Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
assess taxes on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria ⓘ collect taxes on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria ⓘ |
| objective |
broaden Nigeria’s tax base
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improve tax compliance in Nigeria ⓘ increase Nigeria’s non-oil tax revenue ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Finance of Nigeria
|
| predecessor |
Federal Board of Inland Revenue
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Board of Revenue
|
| reportsTo |
Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Finance of Nigeria
|
| responsibleFor |
accounting for federal tax revenues
ⓘ
assessment of federal taxes ⓘ collection of Nigeria Police Trust Fund levy ⓘ collection of capital gains tax on corporate entities ⓘ collection of companies income tax ⓘ collection of federal taxes ⓘ collection of national information technology development levy ⓘ collection of petroleum profit tax ⓘ collection of stamp duties on corporate transactions ⓘ collection of tertiary education tax ⓘ collection of value added tax ⓘ enforcement of federal tax laws ⓘ federal tax administration in Nigeria ⓘ implementation of Nigeria’s tax policies ⓘ tax audit and investigation at federal level ⓘ taxpayer registration at federal level ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | FIRS ⓘ |
| supervisingAuthority |
Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Finance of Nigeria
|
| typeOfTaxCollected |
direct taxes
ⓘ
indirect taxes ⓘ |
| usesSystem | TaxPro Max electronic tax filing platform ⓘ |
| website | https://www.firs.gov.ng ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Inland Revenue Service Description of subject: The Federal Inland Revenue Service is Nigeria’s federal tax authority responsible for assessing, collecting, and accounting for taxes and other revenues on behalf of the government.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.