Tax Excellence Certification™
Certify a tax function ready for the Nigerian Tax Act 2025 and the NRS era.
What you certify.
Built on the Outliers Tax Governance Framework™ and Tax Excellence Index™. The credential confirms that a tax function operates with board-grade governance, a documented risk register and a defensible compliance evidence file.
- Operate a tax function ready for the Nigerian Tax Act 2025 and the NRS
- Run a quarterly tax risk reporting cadence to the audit committee
- Maintain a defensible TP documentation file aligned to OECD and NRS
- Deliver on-time, reconciled filings across federal, state and sector taxes
- Pass a banded Tax Readiness Assessment™ at Compliant level or above
- Verified credential for Heads of Tax, Tax Directors and tax-oversight CFOs
- Recognition by the Outliers advisory and academy network
- Eligibility for senior advisory and board-pack contributions
- Continuing-education access to the Tax Centre framework library
Practitioner
Operates the core compliance and reporting stack.
Advanced
Owns governance, TP and controversy across the group.
Master
Defines strategy, board reporting and the tax operating model.
Baseline diagnostic
Complete the Tax Readiness Score™ as a baseline.
1 week
Programme modules
Complete the tax-focused academy modules (NTA 2025, NRS, e-invoicing).
5 weeks
Applied workstream
Implement the NTA 2025 readiness checklist and a quarterly tax report.
3 weeks
Capstone & defence
Defend your tax function roadmap and Tax Excellence Index™ score.
1 week
Related across the Tax Centre
Tax Governance Framework™
Board-grade oversight of the tax function under NTA 2025.
Tax Risk Management Framework™
Quantify and govern tax exposure across the enterprise.
Tax Compliance Framework™
On-time, reconciled filings across CIT, VAT, WHT, PAYE and sector taxes.
Transfer Pricing Framework™
Defensible TP policy, documentation and benchmarking for Nigerian groups.
Tax Health Check
The canonical Outliers Tax Health Check™ — a 6-minute diagnostic across CIT, VAT, WHT, PAYE and NRS digital-filing readiness. Companion to Chapter 24 of the Nigeria Tax Outlook & Planning Guide 2026/2027 (Enhanced Edition).
Tax Readiness Score™
10-question interactive transition diagnostic — measure your readiness for the 2026 Tax Acts and the Nigeria Revenue Service regime.
Tax Advisory
Structuring, compliance and controversy across the full Nigerian tax stack.
Ready to start the credential?
Begin with the Tax Readiness Score™ baseline.