Value Added Tax Gap and Capital Expenditure over Economic Services in Nigeria 1. Introduction Every individual desire`s to live a comfortable and decent life and the presence of adequate and efficient infrastructural amenities in a nation determines the standard of living of its residents. Countries that have modern day infrastructural amenities such as adequate and steady power supply, good education, contemporary legislative reforms, efficient property regulation system, transparent electoral processes, progressive trade policies, security, upright regulatory environment, efficient transport system, effective judicial system, industrial growth, access to good health care system, low level of unemployment and corruption as well as low poverty rate are considered to be developed nations while their counter parts that lack the above or have them but not at an advanced level are referred to as developing or under developed nations. Thus, the government of every country strives to provide the above amenities so as to improve the standard of living of its citizens as well as attain the respect associated with being a developed country. Inability to generate adequate funds can affect the level of infrastructural amenities provided by the government of a State (Adeosun, 2017). Thus, government is always saddled with the responsibility of providing the necessary infrastructure that will spur development as well as meet needs of the contemporary society such as the need to save time. Adegbie and Daniel-Adebayo, (2017). Developed countries around the world have invested substantially in infrastructural development over the centuries and still do, however, many of their developing counterparts in Asia and Africa have struggled with infrastructural challenges for decades and Nigeria is no exception.This lack of investment in infrastructure has given rise to a situation where the economy cannot encourage and sustain start-up businesses that can trigger a growth in the economy. Infrastructural development projects are classified into administration, economic services, social and community services and transfers. capital expenditure on administration, includes cost of ensuring internal and external security, capital expenditure on economic activities relates to investment in real infrastructure such as road, power, communication, housing and transportation. capital expenditure on social and community services relates to cost of providing a good health system, education and urbanization or rural areas and capital cost on transfers are incurred to