Tax Assistant Training
Help Nigerian businesses stay tax-compliant — and get paid for it.
- Free
- Beginner-friendly
- 5 weeks · ~4 hrs/week
- 7 lessons
- ~1 hours
- Certificate on passing the project
Free account required to open the lessons. No card, no fees.
About this course
Learn Nigeria's tax system from the ground up: TIN registration, PAYE, VAT, WHT, CIT and Personal Income Tax, all with worked naira examples, deadlines and the TaxPro-Max portal. By the end you can keep an SME compliant, file on time, and earn as a freelance tax assistant or bookkeeper.
In Nigeria, tax is collected on three layers — Federal (FIRS), State (the IRS of each state), and Local Government. Before you compute a single naira, you must know who is owed what. Send the right tax to the wrong office and the business is still in default.
What you'll learn
- Nigerian tax law basics
- PAYE & payroll computation
- VAT and Withholding Tax
- TaxPro-Max filing
- Record-keeping for tax
- Tax ethics & compliance
- Getting tax-assistant work
Course syllabus — 7 lessons
- The lay of the land: who collects tax in Nigeria11 min
- Getting a TIN: the key that opens every door10 min
- PAYE: taxing salaries the right way14 min
- VAT and Withholding Tax: collect, deduct, remit13 min
- Company & personal income tax: taxing the profit13 min
- Filing, deadlines & TaxPro-Max12 min
- Records, penalties, ethics & getting the work13 min
Your project
Tax-compliance pack for a sample SME
A shared Google Sheet (or Doc) link containing: (1) a PAYE payroll computation per staff with totals, (2) the month's VAT computation, (3) the WHT flag for the designer with the correct remitting body, and (4) a complete filing calendar with exact due dates for GreenLeaf Foods Ltd.
Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tax Assistant Training free?
Yes. Tax Assistant Training is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.
How long does Tax Assistant Training take to complete?
5 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 1 hour of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.
Do I need any experience to start Tax Assistant Training?
Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.
What will I learn in Tax Assistant Training?
You will build practical skills in Nigerian tax law basics, PAYE & payroll computation, VAT and Withholding Tax, TaxPro-Max filing, Record-keeping for tax, Tax ethics & compliance, Getting tax-assistant work. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.
Do I get a certificate for Tax Assistant Training?
Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Tax-compliance pack for a sample SME and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.
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