Business
CAC Partners FIRS On e-Stamping
The Registrar-General
of the Corporate Affairs Commission, (CAC), Bello Mahmud, has said that the commission would partner with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in ensuring the integration of the e-stamping module into its company registration portal (CRP).
In a statement made available to our correspondent at the Port Harcourt office of CAC recently, Mahmud explained that the aim was further geared to create a seamless registration process and further reduce time and cost of registration of companies and other posts incorporation processes in the country.
The RG, who gave the hint at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference in Abuja justified the need for the partnership as it was part of major reforms in the commission’s operations to make it possible for customs to pay for stamp duties and stamp their company registration documents electronically on CRP.
Mahmud explained that customers could stamp their documents on the CRP after completing their forms without manually taking them to stamp duties office of FIRS.
He explained that CRP when fully developed and operational would also serve as a one-stop company’s registration software capable of incorporating the stamping of documents, post incorporation filings and other matters without users stepping out of their homes or offices.
“The CRP has also eliminated the restrictions of time of the day and of the week to transact business with the commission” he said.
He added that customers could submit their registration applications at anytime including weekends and public holidays.
The Registrar General said the CAC would put in place measures to create log-in details for each company that is registered.
The long-in details he said would ensure that only authorised persons have access to the company’s profile to enable the operators make changes in the portal.