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Taofeek Shittu

Ikeyi Shittu & Co

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly Regarded
Practice Areas:
General corporate tax
Jurisdictions:
Biography

Taofeek leads Ikeyi Shittu & Co’s Taxation practice. He specialises in rendering tax compliance and advisory services. He worked in the tax practice of KPMG Professional Services for about five years before joining Ikeyi Shittu & Co in 2010.

Taofeek has extensive experience in providing specialist tax advisory services at the start-up phase of projects. He regularly supports clients with their tax returns – computation, review and filing, and also acts as tax representation for several clients in their dealings with the federal and state tax authorities, especially in resolving disputes arising from tax audit exercises.

He also routinely advises on the tax structuring of business entities, projects and contracts; and on tax incentives available to each client or project. Taofeek also has extensive experience in servicing clients in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. He has led several tax-related and non-tax-related engagements on behalf of indigenous companies, independents, and the multinationals.

Taofeek is also a chartered accountant.

Practice Areas
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Taxation
  • Corporate and Investment
Association memberships
  • Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
Academic qualifications
  • Federal Polytechnic Ilaro: OND (Business Studies)
  • University of Ibadan: LL.B.
  • Nigerian Law School: BL
Address:
Lagos
Tel:+234 (0)808 709 8158 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://isc.ng/

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