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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N616.886 billion as April 2021 Federation revenue to the federal, states and local governments councils.
This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the virtual meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for May 2021.
The distributable statutory revenue for the month of April 2021 was N429.733 billion; distributable revenue from the Value Added Tax (VAT) – N164.340 billion; Excess Bank Charges Recovered – N0.563 billion; and Exchange Gain – N2.250 billion. The sum of N20 billion from Non Oil revenue was added as augmentation, bringing the total distributable revenue to N616.886 billion.
In April 2021, the sum of N79.468 billion was the total deductions for cost of collection, statutory transfers and refunds, just as the balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $ 72.413 million.
The communiqué indicated that from the total distributable revenue of N616.886 billion, the Federal Government received N244.011billion, the State Governments – N193.432 billion, and the Local Government Councils – N143.298 billion. The sum of N36.145 billion was shared to the relevant states as 13% derivation revenue.
From the distributable statutory revenue of N429.733 billion, the Federal Government received N207.477 billion, the State Governments – N105.235 billion and the Local Government Councils – N81.132 billion. The sum of N35.890 billion was given to the relevant states as 13% derivation revenue.
The Federal Government received N24.651 billion from the distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N164.340 billion, the State Governments – N82.171billion, and the Local Government Councils – N57.519 billion.
From the Exchange Gain revenue of N2.250 billion, the Federal Government received N1.051 billion, the State Governments – N0.533 billion, and the Local Government Councils – N0.411 billion, just as N0.255 billion was given to the relevant states as 13% derivation revenue.
The communiqué confirmed that the Federal Government received N0.296 billion, the State Governments – N0.150 billion, and the Local Government Councils – N0.116 billion available from Excess Bank Charges.
The Federal Government received N10.536 billion, the State Government – N5.344 billion and the Local Government Councils – N4.120 billion from the N20 billion augmentation from Non-Oil revenue.
According to the Communiqué, in the month of April 2021, Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) and Excise Duty recorded considerable increases while collections for Companies Income Tax (CIT) and Oil and Gas Royalties decreased significantly. Also, Value Added Tax (VAT) and Import Duty took a marginal downturn./ SHARE THIS