the law empowers FIRS to appoint banks
Babatunde Fowler,
executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), said that
6,772 corpo
webapex.net rate bank accounts will be frozen for defaulting on tax payments.
Fowler told Zainab
Ahmed, minister of finance, that the agency has collected N12.66 billion from
billionaire tax defaulters in less than a month.
Saying the law empowers
FIRS to appoint banks as tax collection agents, he said: “So, all these ones of
TIN and no pay and no TIN and no pay, to the total of 6772 will have their
accounts frozen or put
westernmagazine.org under substitution pending when they come forward.
“First, they refused to
come forward in 2016, they refused to come forward under VAT and are still
operating here. So, we are putting them under notice that it is their civic
respons
ysin.org ibility to pay tax and to file returns on these accounts.
“FIRS wrote to all
commercial banks in May 2018, requesting for a list of companies, partnerships,
and enterprises with a banking turnover of N1 billion and above.
“This activity is aimed
at ascertaining those companies that are compliant with the Tax Laws and those
that are not compliant. So far, non-compliant organizations have paid about
N12.66bn.”
While commending the
FIRS for their work so far, Ahmed said the ministry of finance will continue to
work closely with the agency.
“For us, the directive I
have is to increase the tax revenue and that is the most important task ahead
of all of us. You have done well. And the reward for good work is more work,”
she said.
“I am also glad that you
are increasing cooperation with several agencies like the EFCC, ICPC and
Nigeria Customs Service. The effort you are doing in Abuja, Lagos and Osun –(on
payment of taxes on property using their turnover as a basis for assessment)-
is a commendable one and I encourage you to maintain the tempo in generating
tax revenues.
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