Nice to have you here, @chekohler. I agree with you that it's never a good thing to raise taxes. Considering the Nigeria population of about 200 million people, the government would generate so much money from tax payers like me. Although, I don't know the country of your residence, @chekohler, I lived in Belgrade, Serbia, for 7 years and 4 months, where VAT was 18%/20 %, depending on the goods or services one is paying taxes on.