The Katsina State Internal Revenue Service is under the auspices of Honorable Commissioner Ministry of Finance and is responsible for revenue Administration and generation of the state headed by the Executive chairman has recorded the following achievements
Revenue Performance Trajectory
KTIRS has fundamentally transformed the state’s fiscal architecture through rigorous automation, policy harmonization, and informal sector integration. The Service has achieved record-breaking revenue collection growth, laying an independent financial foundation for Katsina State’s infrastructure. The central achievement of this administration is the reversal of sub-optimal internally generated revenue (IGR) through aggressive leakage blocking and taxpayer base expansion, which led to increase in revenue base.
KTIRS generated ₦9,414,518,546.86 as revenue in the year 2023.
2024 Fiscal Surge: KTIRS successfully drove the state’s total annual IGR to ₦19.78 Billion in 2024. This represents a massive increase of 210% as against 2023 revenue generated.
2025 Revenue Optimization: KTIRS optimized the state’s total annual IGR to ₦27.23 Billion in 2025. This represents a massive increase of 289% as against 2023 revenue generated.
Strategic 2026 Sovereign Revenue Target:
The Service is strictly executing its institutional roadmap to scale independent annual IGR to ₦41.15 billion by the close of 2026, completely insulating the state’s recurrent expenditures from volatile Federal Allocation (FAAC) dependency.
Structural Reforms & Technology Deployment
The transformation of the state’s revenue profile was accomplished by completely modernizing collection infrastructure through:
Mandatory Cash Elimination Policy:
KTIRS instituted a strict ban on physical cash collections across all 34 Local Government Areas (LGAs), redirecting 100% of tax payment to formal banking and digital gateways through the deployment of POS terminals and other web base payments channels.
Central Billing System & “Pay Direct” infrastructure:
The deployment of Central Billing System and Integration with retail financial institutions enables taxpayers to seamlessly settle their revenue obligations via instant-verifiable e-invoices and web-based payment channels.
Decentralized ICT Empowerment: The Service digitally equipped its staff members by deploying over 50 complete computer systems and specialized hardware at Headquarters and Area Revenue offices (ARO) within the State.
Digitization of Revenue Administration:
E-TCC and E-filing of Tax Returns:
The Service, through digitization of the revenue administration in the year 2024, recorded a paradigm-shift from manual filing of returns by taxpayers to electronic filing (e-filing) as well as processing and issuance of electronic Tax Clearance Certificate (e-TCC). Under this digital initiative, 15,382 taxpayers were directly assessed, generating ₦826,466,031.00 in direct revenue. Similarly, 13,567 Tax Clearance Certificates (e-TCC) were issued to compliant taxpayers and ₦293,713,001.11 was successfully collected as Withholding Tax in the year under review.
Motor License Automation:
The service recorded success by introducing automated motor license V-Central application system. This initiative succeeded in simplifying the registration and renewal of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles users in the State.
Revenue Automation of Commercial Transport Operators:
To modernize presumptive tax administration, the Service automated revenue collection for commercial motorcyclist and tricycle (Okada and Keke Napep) operators across the State. By deploying Point of Sale (POS) terminals for daily payments, this initiative simplifies compliance, enhances convenience, and provides a seamless method for transport operators to meet their tax obligations.
Deployment of Data Management Analytics System (DMAS):
The Service in collaboration with Joint Revenue Board (JRB) deployed DMAS for taxation of high networth taxpayers in order to ascertain their actual income due to the current Tax Reform in the Country that exempted most of the Low-income taxpayers from taxation.
Informal Sector Harmonization & Tactical Interventions
Historically untaxed, the state’s extensive informal agricultural and commercial landscape was systematically targeted through protective regulatory mechanisms:
Digital Point-of-Sale (POS) Integration: Rural weekly economic revenue centres such as Charanchi, Funtua, Mashi, Maiadua Markets and others, were migrated to POS terminals for digital revenue collection operated by certified vendors under the supervision of the officials of the KTIRS.
Consolidated Digital Demand Note System:
Introduction of unified digital demand notes tax codes eliminated predatory double-taxation, protecting small-scale merchants while ensuring transparent treasury delivery.
Agricultural Trade Standardization:
Clear, publicly accessible rate sheets for livestock and agrarian transit were established, eliminating arbitrary collection vulnerabilities on major revenue centres.
4. Tax Net Expansion and Future Data Roadmap
LGA Business Premises Enrolment:
KTIRS conduct routine comprehensive mapping drive to register and legally capture all operating business premises across the state.
Enterprise Data Warehouse:
A state-of-the-art database is currently being developed to maintain profiles on all Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) within Katsina State for precise revenue forecasting.
Primary Payment Mode
Manual Paper Receipts
100% Digital / Bank Settlement
Eradication of Vault Divergence
Marketplace Oversight
Unregulated Intermediaries
Real-time Monitored POS Devices
Capture of Rural Agrarian Economy
Fiscal Independence Index
High FAAC Dependence
Accelerating Toward ₦41.15B IGR Target
Self-Sustainability
