A sum of N273.50 billion was realised from Value Added Tax (VAT) sources between April and September 2018.
According to a report released on Thursday by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), sectoral distribution of Value Added Tax (VAT) data for Q2 and Q3 2018 reflected that the sum of N273.50bn was generated as VAT in Q3 2018.
This is against N266.73bn generated in Q2 2018 and N269.79bn in Q1 2018 representing 2.54% Increase Quarter-on-Quarter and 9.16 per cent increase Year-on-Year.
Other manufacturing generated the highest amount of VAT with N31.48bn generated which was closely followed by professional services and commercial and trading both generating N25.57bn and N15.99bn respectively.
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Mining generated the least, closely followed by pharmaceutical, soaps & toiletries and textile and automobiles & assemblies with N52.70 mln, N177.34 mln and N265.35 mln generated respectively.
Out of the total amount generated in Q3 2018, N128.62bn was generated as Non-Import VAT locally while N58.84bn was generated as Non-Import VAT for foreign.
The balance of N86.04bn was generated as NCS-Import VAT
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