Africa Common Law
Small companies under the 2025 Tax Act, Nigeria
The Nigeria Tax Act 2025, effective January 2026, sets CIT at 0% for small companies with turnover under NGN 100M and fixed assets under NGN 250M. Medium companies (NGN 100M to NGN 50B) pay 20%, large companies 30%, plus a 4% Development Levy replacing prior surtaxes.
0% small co20% medium4% Dev Levy
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Corp tax
30%
Fastest setup
3 weeks
Tax treaties
16
Region
Africa
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: NGN 100,000
- Administrative language: English
- Legal system: Common law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 30%
- Effective rate ~34%
- Tax treaties 16
- VAT rate 7.5%
- Withholding on dividends 10%
Key treaty partners
United KingdomFranceNetherlandsBelgiumChinaSingapore
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe not supported
Considerations
If you need predictable USD repatriation
Despite the 2023 to 2024 FX reform unifying CBN windows, dollar liquidity remains thin and large dividend or capital repatriations still require Certificates of Capital Importation and bank approvals. Naira volatility against USD has been substantial since the float.
CBN FX controlsCCI requirementsNGN volatility