Project Report from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Accounting and Taxes, grade: upper credit, Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences Haar (adamawa state polytechnic yola), course: accounting and auditing, language: English, abstract: The increasing cost of running a government coupled with dwindling revenue has led various state governments in Nigeria to formulating strategies to improve their revenue. This project shows the impact of company income tax on revenue generation in Nigeria. The method used in collecting data for this research work is through primary, personal observation and secondary data as the major source of information.

The researcher administered the questionnaires randomly to the staff of Federal Inland Revenue Services, registered Company Income Tax agents and in some public places in Adamawa State. One hundred (100) questionnaires were generally administered to all the various respondents at the rate of one questionnaire per individual. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage.

The analysis revealed that there is no any marked difference in the various respondents¿ general perception of Company Income Tax on government revenue generation and its impacts on living condition of people in Adamawa State. Therefore, based on the findings, the study recommends among others that, the government agency responsible for the collection of companies income tax, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) should work in liaison with the Commission (CAC) to ensure that all companies registered in Nigeria i.e. Foreign and Domestic meet their tax obligations to the nation.