Apply online

1. To check Tax Clearance Status online, the applicant has to visit the following tax clearance status check
2. Visit the link and enter the details in respective fields and click the “validate” button.
3. If your TCC is active and valid, the details of the TCC will be displayed in the next page.
4. If not, an error message showing ‘your TCC is not valid’ will be displayed.
5. Taxpayer with an invalid TCC must contact the nearest FIRS office for any assistance regarding his/her TCC.
6. FIRS branch office addresses can be found using the following branch office locator

• Tax Identification/FIRS ID number
• Tax Clearance Certificate number

Federal Inland Revenue Service - Headquaters
Revenue House, 15 Sokode Crescent,
Wuse Zone 5, Abuja
Tel: +234 (0)9074 444 441, +234 (0)9074 444 442, +234 (0)9460 2700-29
Website: Link
Office Locator : Link

• Any taxpayer in Nigeria, who wishes to check the tax clearance status for his/her account, can apply.
• A Tax Identification Number is necessary.

Checking Tax Clearance Status is free of cost.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Tax Identification/FIRS ID number
• Tax Clearance Certificate number

A Company Tax Clearance Certificate may be required when a company is subjected to prove it is tax compliant with the Federal Inland Revenue Services and has cleared all the taxes due when it needs to obtain any governmental service related to revenue.

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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