The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has so far collected N21.94 billion due to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from January to September 2011.
This amount represented Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYEE) and Personal Income Tax (PIT) collected from the residents of the territory.
Similarly, the Service collected and remitted a total of N23.24 billion to the FCT in 2010.
A breakdown of the summary of collections from January to date shows that N1.97 billion was realised in January, N2.19 billion in February, N3.51 billion in March, N2.20 billion in April and N2.63 billion in May.
The figure recorded in June was N2.38 billion, N1.99 billion in July, N2.51 billion in August and N2.52 billion in September.
The FIRS? expressed its readiness to serve the FCT as severally discussed with the relevant authorities in the FCT administration.