Under Section 21(p) of the Nigeria Tax Act (NTA) 2025, the government has established a strict statutory cross-link between transactional taxes and profit taxes. The provision explicitly mandates that if VAT was due on a business expense under the Act but was not charged, or if applicable import duties and levies were not paid on imported items, the entire underlying expense becomes non-deductible for income tax purposes.

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