NCAA Gives Airlines Two Months Ultimatum To Pay Unremitted Levies

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has instructed all airlines, including domestic and charter carriers operating in the country to tender all  unremitted funds accruable to the authority in the next 60 days.

The NCAA at a meeting with the carriers also demanded from the airlines breakdown of the recently introduced “Taxes+Fees” component on all passenger tickets which include the amount due to each of the government agencies in the aviation sphere.

The agencies are the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) which is beneficiary of five per cent Passenger Service Charge (PSC); the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS)- five per cent VAT; and the NCAA, which also receives five per cent Ticket Sales Charges (TSC).

NCAA also maintained that any add-on charge and surcharges such as the fuel surcharges (YQ), or any other miscellaneous added on passenger ticket must be approved by the Authority before applying these charges on passenger tickets.

The meeting, which had top officials of the authority and airlines in attendance was held on Wednesday at NCAA headquarters and was presided over by the director-general of the authority, Captain Muhtar Usman. According to Usman, the directive is with regards to the five per cent TSA/TCA collected at source from the air passengers by the airlines on behalf of the federal government.

“These sales charges are to enable all aviation agencies carry out their responsibilities of providing safe, secure and efficient regulatory services for the overall benefits of all aviation stakeholders,” Usman noted.