The affected Hotels and Restaurants were reported to be owing the State a cumulative sum of ninety one million one hundred and fifty seven thousand, two hundred and eighty six Naira, seventy five Kobo (N91, 157,286.75).
According to him, failure to deduct and remit taxes as and when due attracts very serious penalties that may lead to the sealing and the seizure of the goods and chattels of the affected entities.
He said the LIRS gives a long rope by issuing multiple notices to the taxpayers to inform and also remind them of their tax liabilities and only recalcitrant taxpayers are shut down as in the present case.
He therefore urged all business entities operating in the state to ensure prompt remittance of their taxes to avoid the costly disruptions that could be visited on their businesses as a result of a distrain exercise.
Earlier in the year, the chairman of LIRS, Mr. Folarin Ogunsanwo had urged Lagosians to comply with the relevant tax laws of the country , saying Lagos state will not hesitate to bring to justice any defaulting individuals and corporate bodies as the capacity of LIRS is not in doubt.
List of Hotels shut include Zaaz hotel, Cottage hotel 2, Pcadilly Suites, Starfire hotel, Le Parisian, D Yard entertainment, Florida international motel, Suite 29, Taesuites, Nufcam hotel, Peaceland, Larex hotel, Cristabol place, posh Spice, Hotel De Jas, BEC IND CATERING COMPANY, Soul center and Atlantic product limited.
Signed
Monsurat Amasa
Head, Corporate Affairs
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service
10 comments:
This is really serious... Not even now!
haha people ain't smiling anymore o
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Ok noted
Ghen Ghen! Linda take note!
NIGERIA ON RAMPAGE
AUNTY LINDA 👩
Hmmmmmmmm for this buhari time
Hmmmmmmmmm
It's like we are being ruled by satan in this country. As bad as things get, it always seems to get worse.
In this recession of scarcity, starvation, job cut, $400 to N1, General hunger in the land....
The state government's solution is to close down the few business that are managing to gasp for air, that they should go and look for N91 million to pay the state govt.!!, After collecting trillions in road and port taxes!!!!!
Kai we have really sinned in this country. There's really no rest in the devil's kingdom.
Lagos is viable on double taxation while states dat have huge mineral deposit is not,only lagos has 3 ports while other coastal states like akwa ibom delta rivers cross rivers byleasa has no functioning well built up nigeria we hail thee
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