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The tax explanations you were never given.

Each one is a few minutes to read, uses no jargon it doesn't first translate, and ends with the thing to do about it.

The code we email you when you sign in

Every sign-in ends with a six-digit code sent to your email. Here's why, and what to do when it doesn't arrive.

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Forgot your password, or want to change it

How to get back in when the password is gone, and how to change it from inside the app.

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VAT: when you charge it, and what you send on

VAT is money you collect for the government on top of your price. It was never yours. Here's how to keep it straight.

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Withholding tax: who deducts, who claims

Someone paid you less than your invoice and called it WHT. That money isn't lost — it's a credit with your name on it. And when you're the one deducting, who you paid decides which office gets it.

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PAYE and what the staff register is for

If you pay people monthly, tax comes out of their pay and you send it on. The staff register is what makes that figure work.

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Company income tax: for limited companies only

Once a year, tax on the profit of a limited company, filed federally. Small companies often owe nothing — but the return still has to go in. Not a company? Read personal income tax instead.

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What filing means, and what happens after you certify

You confirm the figures. A licensed professional checks them. Then it goes in. Here's each step.

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Working offline: where your records live

BizBrada saves on your device first. Network or no network, you can record and read everything.

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Getting your TIN sorted

Nothing gets filed without a TIN. If you don't have one, it's a short job, and we can do it with you.

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Personal income tax: what most small businesses actually pay

If your business isn't a limited company, its profit is your income — and your state collects the tax on it.

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Business premises registration

A small annual charge from your state for each place you trade from. Easy to forget, and the one they turn up about.

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Who collects what: federal and state, side by side

Nigeria has two tax offices in your life. Knowing which is which is most of the job.

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Still not sure which applies to you?

Set up your business in two minutes and BizBrada works out which taxes you're on the hook for, from what you actually sell.