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Lagos, Ogun teams parley over tax issues, others
THE GUARDIAN, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Determined to uphold their peaceful relationship and avoid conflict on boundary matters, the Lagos and Ogun state governments have pledged to work together and resolve amicably all matters relating to boundary demarcations and tax remittance of residence living in the border areas of both states.
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Gowon Tasks Tax Practitioners on Awareness Campaign
Thisday, May 13 2011 |
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Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has urged taxation professionals in the country to increase the tempo of tax awareness campaigns across the country with a view to making Nigerians see the need for them to pay
their taxes in good time.
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LAGOS: WHY TAXES ARE HIGH
ThisDay, April 20 2011 |
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Chairman of the Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler said that taxpayers in the state got better values in return for the taxes they paid to the state government in the last four years.
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Tax Evasion: Lagos Closes 546 Companies
Thisday, September 13 2010 |
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The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) said it shut 546 companies over tax evasion between August 2009 and August
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Non Remittance Tax’s Crippling Economy
Thisday , July 23, 2010 |
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Holding on to taxes deducted from workers salary by employers of labour has been described as one of the major problems confronting revenue collector in the country.
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Lagos Resolves Tax Crisis with Councils
ThisDay, July 13, 2010 |
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Lagos State Government has finally resolved its conflict with local governments (LGs) and local council development areas of collectible levies, rates and taxes the councils can exercise jurisdiction.
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Lagos Moves against Councils’ Tax Agents (MONEY)
The Punch, August 21, 2009 |
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Lagos State Government has warned that all revenue agents and touts acting on behalf of Local Government Authorities to collect Taxes, levies and rates in such manners that contravene the provisions of the constitution would face arrest consequent prosecution and jail terms.
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PROFFESSIONAL LAUD LAGOS TAX POLICIES
ThisDay Newspaper, August 13, 2009 |
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Tax professional in Lagos state have expressed support for the state government’s developmental policies, particularly in the area of taxation.
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FASHOLA: We’re Not Taxing Churches, Mosques
The Punch, July 22, 2009 |
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Religious leaders yesterday unanimously agreed with the Lagos State Government that it is indeed constitutional, right and proper for the state to ask religious leaders to fulfil their individual tax obligations to the state just as Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) reiterated that the administration is not taxing Churches and Mosques.
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Lagos Taxpayers to Get Free Refuse Cans
The Punch, April 2 2009 |
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The Lagos state Government has said that taxpayers in the state will henceforth be entitled to free refuse cans.
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e-Pay The only Way To Pay Your Tax To Lagos State
The Punch, March 24, 2009 |
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Lagos State Government is forging ahead with its modernization initiatives comparable with what obtains in other major countries of the world. This is why the state is introducing e-pay. E-pay is a new payment initiative for all taxes due to the state.
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Lagos Warns tax Defaulters, Pledges better services
The Guardian, March 10, 2009 |
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Tax defaulters or evaders in Lagos state may be heading for a collision course with the state government. The state government, which is set to check the excess of tax evaders and defaulters, has appealed to patriotic residents to provide useful information about companies and individuals that are involved in the act.
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We’ve not increased tenement rate- LASG
The Punch, March 5, 2009 |
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The Lagos State Government has said that it does not intend to review upwards the tenement rate this year, contrary to speculations that it may have hiked it due to reduction in federal allocation to the state.
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Tax Payment Necessary For Infrastructure Provisions -LIRS
The Punch, February 25, 2009 |
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The Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) has explained that all eligible tax payers must honour their tax obligations to the various tiers of government; as a condition under which citizens of any state can expect abundant supply of social goods and services from their government. Chairman of LIRS, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, stated this when the top management of the revenue agency paid a courtesy visit to the member of the council of Obas and chiefs in Ikeja division; adding that this would allow any state to live up to its mandate.
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Residents grapple with e-TCC scheme
The Punch, February 13, 2009 |
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However, the Managing Director, Alpha Beta Consulting, Mr. Michael Ogunmola, said the e-TCC was free. According to him, non-Pay as You Earn applicant could undergo the self assessment exercise by filling the necessary form at any of the designated bank to know how much they are to remit to the state Government. Ogunmola said, “The e-TCC is free”. If any official of the state Government ask you to pay for it report such a person to the police station.
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