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Nigerian businesses face dozens of recurring regulatory obligations — CAC annual returns, VAT filings, PAYE remittances, pension contributions, licence renewals. Missing a deadline means penalties, and in some cases, deregistration. The Compliance Calendar tracks these deadlines automatically, sends reminders, and marks obligations as complete when you’re done.

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How it works

1

Seed the standards

Seed a company’s calendar with the standard Nigerian obligations via POST /v1/compliance/seed. Due dates are computed from the company’s registration date and the statutory deadlines.
2

Add custom obligations

Add internal or sector-specific deadlines that aren’t covered by the defaults (e.g. insurance renewals, board resolutions). Use the custom category.
3

Get reminders

Upcoming obligations surface in your dashboard and trigger notification alerts at configurable lead times before the due date.
4

Mark complete

When you’ve filed or paid, mark the obligation complete with POST /v1/compliance/obligations/:obligationId/complete. For recurring items, the next due date is rolled forward.

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Standard Nigerian obligations

POST /v1/compliance/seed creates these six obligations (any already present are skipped):
ObligationCategoryFrequency
CAC annual returncac_annual_returnannual
VAT filingvatmonthly
Companies Income Tax (CIT)citannual
PAYE remittancepayemonthly
Pension contribution (PenCom)pensionmonthly
ITF contributionitfannual
Anything outside this set — sector-specific permits, internal deadlines — is added as a custom obligation. Valid category values: cac_annual_return, vat, cit, paye, pension, itf, custom. Valid frequency values: monthly, annual, one_off, custom.

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API

The full compliance API lets you:
  • List obligations (GET /v1/compliance/obligations)
  • Get upcoming deadlines (GET /v1/compliance/obligations/upcoming)
  • Create a custom obligation (POST /v1/compliance/obligations)
  • Update or delete an obligation (PATCH/DELETE /v1/compliance/obligations/:obligationId)
  • Mark an obligation complete (POST /v1/compliance/obligations/:obligationId/complete)
  • Seed the standard obligations (POST /v1/compliance/seed)
See Compliance API Reference.

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Where to go next

Compliance API

Manage obligations programmatically.

Smart Sentinel

Continuous monitoring beyond compliance deadlines.