About CITN Tax Academy
CITN Tax Academy is the professional training arm of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) with the broad objective of delivering high standard professional and post-graduate tax education for all individuals engaged in tax practices and services, providing structured training that forms the essential building blocks in tax education from foundational to advanced level; and to partner with leading national and regional bodies and Institutions to deliver high-quality tax programs. The Academy has the mandate to raise the technical competence of those engaged in tax practice and functions, through up -to -date tax education and to provide a platform for the analysis of emergent taxation challenges and opportunities to regularly upgrade and update the knowledge and skills of the tax functionaries.
Established in March 2015, the Academy gives support to the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria Act Cap C10, LFN 2004, which charges the Institute with the responsibility, among others, of determining what standards of knowledge and skills that are to be attained by persons seeking to become professional Tax Practitioners or Administrators.
Objectives
The broad objects of the CITN Tax Academy are to:
- deliver a high standard of professional and post-graduate tax education for all professionals
- provide structured training that forms the essential building blocks in tax education from foundational to advanced level
- partner with leading local and regional bodies and Institutions to deliver high-quality tax program
Mission of the Academy
The mission of the Academy is to:
- raise the professional competence of tax professionals in Nigeria through up to date tax education
- provide a platform for the analysis of emergent taxation challenges and opportunities to regularly upgrade and update the knowledge and practice of taxation in Nigeria
- carry out research and policy analysis on how to constantly improve taxation and performance of tax professionals; and
- promote taxation stakeholders’ dialogue and networking aimed at improving CITN’s contribution to the fiscal performance of the Nigerian economy.
The CITN Tax Academy runs a blend of academic and professional tax programs designed principally to:
- Train and equip students with the necessary skills and expertise needed in today’s ever-dynamic revenue generation environment
- Provide a platform for producing well-trained and competent manpower needed in Tax administration and Tax practice.
- Nurture and upgrade the skills of lecturers that teach taxation in Nigerian Universities, Polytechnics and other institutions involved in the teaching of taxation.
- Provide a platform to deliver result-oriented public revenue yielding tax courses for boosting internally generated revenue for federal, states and local governments.
- Delivery of courses for exploration of emerging tax bases for revenue authorities.
- Enable all tax stakeholders to deliver on their core functions/mandates.
- Promote synergy among taxpayers, tax administrators, and academia to deepen tax culture
- Earn exemption(s) from relevant CITN’s professional examinations
- Prepare those who do not have previous knowledge in Taxation
Academic programs of the Academy
The Academy runs three categories and levels of academic programs:
Application Form for Admission into the CITN Tax Academy.
Prospective students will have to apply for their program of choice by clicking on the button below
Application Form
