Tag Archives: Tax evasion

As part of the war against tax evasion in Lagos, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Thursday shut 11 hotels, restaurants and event centres over alleged failures to remit their taxes under the Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Laws of Lagos State 2009. Mr Seyi Alade, Director, Legal Services of the LIRS, said this after a state-wide tax ...

Correspondent of Nigeria Real Estate Hub, Esther Adeniyi, had an interview with Professor Teju Somorin, immediate past President of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, (CITN) on taxation, and multiplicity of taxes, policy reversals, tax evasion and the role of the government. Below are excerpts from the interview session. NREH: Would you please introduce yourself ma? Prof. Teju: I am Professor Teju Somorin. Until the ...

Popular celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji, has allegedly been accused by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of tax evasion. The blogger who only recently acquired a massive luxury property in the highly desirable Banana Island has however come out to deny the reports. According to reports, Linda Ikeji is owing the government about N75 million. This is coming months after ...

The Anambra Government on Thursday sealed-off no fewer than 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi for the refusal of the owners to pay property rate of over N150 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the buildings include commercial banks, hotels, business plazas, filling stations, hospitals, residential homes as well as primary and secondary schools. Chinenye ...