CFO Excellence Advisory
Advisory practice · svc-tax

Tax Advisory

NRS / NTA 2025 readiness, ETR control and Tax Excellence Index™ uplift.

Outliers Tax Advisory aligns the tax function to the Outliers Tax Governance Framework™ and the Tax Excellence Index™ — combining NRS / NTA 2025 readiness, ETR control, e-invoicing and dispute management into one operating model.

Duration
10–14 weeks
Access tier
enterprise
Pricing
Custom · Project · Briefing on request

Business problem

Tax is run as compliance, not strategy. NRS exposure is unclear, NTA 2025 readiness is uneven, and the audit committee has no defensible tax narrative.

Ideal client profile

  • Heads of Tax in mid-market and listed Nigerian groups
  • Audit committees concerned about NRS exposure
  • Multinationals preparing for NTA 2025 and e-invoicing

Symptoms / trigger events

  • ETR walk is missing or hard to defend
  • Open NRS positions are growing
  • E-invoicing readiness is uneven
  • TEI™ score has never been baselined

Outcomes

  • Baselined TEI™ score with 12-month uplift plan
  • NRS / NTA 2025 readiness report
  • Defensible ETR walk for audit committee
  • E-invoicing remediation plan

Scope of work

  • Run Tax Readiness assessment
  • Baseline TEI™ and design uplift roadmap
  • Audit NRS positions and dispute pipeline
  • Deliver NTA 2025 readiness diagnostic

Delivery phases

  1. Phase 1 · DiagnoseWeeks 1–3

    Score TEI™, audit ETR, NRS exposure and e-invoicing.

  2. Phase 2 · DesignWeeks 4–6

    Build uplift roadmap, dispute strategy and NTA 2025 plan.

  3. Phase 3 · EmbedWeeks 7–12

    Deploy Tax Dashboard, coach tax team, brief Audit Committee.

Deliverables

  • Tax Readiness diagnostic
  • TEI™ baseline and roadmap
  • NRS exposure audit
  • NTA 2025 readiness pack

Symptoms this practice addresses

  • Tax & ComplianceTax exposure / compliance gaps — NRS positions open, ETR walk weak, NTA 2025 unready