The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for the filing of employers’ annual tax returns by one week, shifting it from February 1 to February 7, 2026.
The extension was announced in a statement issued on Friday by the Executive Chairman of LIRS, Dr Ayodele Subair, who said the move was aimed at giving employers additional time to complete and submit accurate returns.
Subair explained that the statutory deadline for filing employers’ annual returns is January 31 of every year but noted that the service considered it necessary to grant a short extension to ease compliance.
He urged employers to prioritise the timely filing of their annual returns, stressing that tax compliance should be embedded as a routine business practice rather than treated as an afterthought.
The LIRS boss also reiterated that electronic filing via the LIRS eTax platform remains the only approved channel for submitting annual returns, adding that manual submissions have been completely phased out.