Supreme Court fixes July 27 for judgment in FIRS, Bayelsa N5.5bn Tax dispute

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja

Supreme Court has fixed July 27, 2026, to deliver judgment in an appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) challenging the concurrent decisions of the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court, which ordered the payment of N5.5 billion to the Bayelsa State Revenue Service as funds allegedly wrongly collected and withheld.

A five-member panel of the apex…