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Nigeria Tax Act 2025 · Chapter 2 · Part II

Section 7Nigerian dividends

(1)
Nigerian dividends include —
(a)
dividend distributed by a Nigerian company, and shall be the gross amount of that dividend before any deduction ; and
(b)
any amount of the undistributed profit of a Nigerian company, which is treated as distributed under the provisions of any law in Nigeria.
(2)
The income from a dividend distributed by a Nigerian company is deemed to arise on the day on which payment of that dividend becomes due.
Cite as: Nigeria Tax Act 2025, section 7

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Source: Nigeria Tax Act, 2025 (Act No. 7 of 2025), Official Gazette No. 117, Lagos, 26 June 2025. General information, not legal advice.