- 15 Marks
AT – Nov 2017 – L3 – Q6 – Tax Administration and Dispute Resolution
Company on the total tax liabilities
Question
Pategi and Abu are brothers based in Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA. In 2009, they, along with ten other African-Americans, incorporated a telecommunications company named Pategi Telecommunications Limited. The company, headquartered in the USA, has a representative office in Share, Kwara State, Nigeria. In the year ended December 31, 2014, the following transactions were extracted from the company’s records:
- Number of Minutes of Telecommunication Transactions:
- U.S. to other parts of the World: 1,705,000 minutes
- U.S. to Nigeria: 374,000 minutes
- Nigeria to U.S.: 426,250 minutes
- Nigeria to Canada: 550,000 minutes
- U.S. to Canada through Nigeria: 794,750 minutes
Total Minutes: 3,850,000 minutes
- Worldwide Expenses Incurred (Naira):
- Refurbishment: N7,150,000
- Rent: N1,100,000
- Depreciation: N25,991,563
- Salaries and Wages: N4,065,188
- Other Disallowable Expenses: N9,658,000
- Administrative Expenses: N4,820,750
Total Expenses: N52,785,501
- Telecommunication Charges:
- Average charge rate per minute: $0.50
- Applicable exchange rate: N198 to $1.00
Required:
Advise the company on the total tax liabilities for the relevant year of assessment. (Total 15 Marks)
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