The Joint Revenue Board (JRB), formally known as the Joint Tax Board and the Nigerian Revenue Services (NRS), formerly known as the Federal Inland Revenue Service, have announced the launch of the Nigerian Tax ID Portal.
According to the organizations, the portal which goes live from January 1, 2026.
The platform will allow individual Nigerians and businesses to retrieve their tax identification number (Tax ID) using either the National Identification Number (NIN) for individuals and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration number for businesses.
The FIRS had earlier announced that the NIN issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has now automatically become a Tax ID for individual Nigerians, while CAC registration number is used for businesses.
The use of NIN and CAC erased the concerns that many Nigerians would have to go through another tedious process of acquiring a tax ID from next year in order to open bank accounts.
The Tax ldentification (Tax ID) is a unique, system-generated number assigned to all taxable persons in Nigeria for the purpose of tax administration.
According to the JRB and NRS, Nigerians will need to follow these steps to retrieve their Tax ID using NIN and CAC number:
For Individuals:
For Non-Individuals (Registered Entities)
Four tax reform laws have been enacted under the Tinubu administration. Two of the laws took effect in June 2025, while two are scheduled for January 1, 2026.
Despite the controversies surrounding the two laws, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, told journalists on Friday that the implementation will proceed as planned from January 1.
According to Oyedele, the new laws will deliver significant tax relief across the economy.
Oyedele said the tax reform bills spent nine months at the National Assembly between October 2024 and June 2025, allowing preparations to begin early.
Since the laws were signed, he said the government has spent the last six months on capacity building, system upgrades, and stakeholder sensitisation.