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Introduction
With the transformation of the world into a global
village, the need to conduct cross-border businesses has become
inevitable with increased growth in global trade and investments.
Under Nigerian law however, a foreign company may not carry on
business in Nigeria without incorporation. Elsewhere, the opinion
has also been expressed that transactions involving foreign
companies is one taxable under the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act.
2 What
therefore makes carrying on business on the one hand
without incorporation illegal and the transaction so conducted
subject to tax? In this article, we examine the Supreme Court