About Us

Bauchi Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), is Bauchi State’s Revenue Generating Agency established with full autonomy by the Bauchi State Tax (Collection, Harmonization and Consolidation) Law 2020 and empowered to collect various taxes and levies due to Bauchi State of Nigeria.

The Service is the only agency of the state government that is statutorily established and empowered to collect revenue and administer personal income tax in the state through the assessment and collection of taxes in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Income Tax Act. The Service is also responsible for the coordination of collection of all other revenues accruable to the Bauchi State Government.

According to Section 11 of the Bauchi State Tax Law 2020, the Board has the powers to:-

1. Assess all persons chargeable with any tax payable within the State.
2. Collect, recover and pay to the designated account any tax, levy or other revenue howsoever established due to the State under this Law or any other enactment;
   account for and enforce the payment of any taxes, levy or other revenue due to the State
3. In collaboration with the relevant agencies, review the revenue regime and promote the application of revenues to stimulate economic activities and development.
4. Issue a Tax Payer Identification Number to every person taxable in the State.
5. Collate and keep under review all policies of the State relating to taxation and revenue generation and undertake a systematic and progressive implementation of such policies.
6. Maintain a database of statistics, records and reports on persons, organizations, proceeds, properties, documents or other items of assets relating to tax waivers, fraud or evasion.
7. Establish and maintain a system for monitoring dynamics of taxation in order to identify suspicious transactions and the persons involved.
8. Collaborate and facilitate a rapid exchange of scientific and technical information with relevant national or international agencies or bodies on tax matters.
9. Provide and maintain access to up-to-date adequate data and information on all taxable persons, corporations and real property for the purpose of efficient, effective and correct tax administration which will prevent tax evasion or fraud.
10. Undertake and support research on similar measures with a view to stimulating economic development and determining the manifestation, extent, magnitude and effects of tax fraud, evasion and other matters that affect effective tax administration and make recommendations to the government on appropriate intervention and preventive measures.

The Service is fully autonomous with powers to appoint, promote, transfer and discipline employees, fix employee remunerations in line with its staff regulations as provided by Bauchi State Tax Law 2020.