{"id":60454,"date":"2021-07-20T06:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T05:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=60454"},"modified":"2021-07-20T06:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T05:44:23","slug":"tax-evasion-lagos-seals-16-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/20\/tax-evasion-lagos-seals-16-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Evasion: Lagos seals 16 firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>16 corporate organisations and hospitality firms have been sealed by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) over unpaid consumption taxes between 2013 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by Seyi Alade, LIRS legal services director during the<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0state-wide tax enforcement on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said the firms sealed are restaurants, hotels and guest houses. They include Caf\u00e9 Trance, Maple Cottage, Imperial Chinese Cuisine, New World Inn, Inspiro Galaria, Grace Garden Event, Cristabol Place, Queens Park Event Centre, Axor Suites and Blue Moon Hotel, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Others are Citi View Hotel, Kamal\u2019s Crib, 7th Heaven and Infinity Platinum Bar and Restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recall that the LIRS in March 2021 had issued a public notice to clarify definitions<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of terms hotels, event centres and restaurants in Section 17 of the Hotel Occupancy &amp; Restaurant Consumption (HORC) Law 2009 and the compliance obligations of their owners for consumption tax.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the same month, it announced March 31 as a deadline for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/07\/firs-generates-n650bn-in-june\/\">taxpayers<\/a> in Lagos to clear outstanding tax owed to the state government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The deadline was extended<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to April 14 in response to taxpayers\u2019 appeals and as a measure to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic impact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alade said the state tax agency had resolved to wield the stick on defaulters who insist on short-changing the state government, adding that the 16 firms failed to meet up with the March 31 deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cNow, the service has resumed sealing of firms, particularly the hospitality firms; it is committed to continue the exercise until full compliance to tax payment and remittance are achieved,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cBefore LIRS embarks on sealing, it must send two letters to the management of the affected firm, reminding it of tax liabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cBoth the demand notice and letter of intention to distrain were sent to the management of the hospitality firms, but they failed to act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alade said the LIRS is deploying an aggressive approach to ensure that all taxes are collected to help the state carry out its developmental projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He added that the agency was profiling both individuals and corporate entities daily to get more people into the tax net and asked companies to comply by remitting up-to-date tax payments.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 corporate organisations and hospitality firms have been sealed by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) over unpaid consumption taxes between 2013 and 2020. This was disclosed by Seyi Alade, LIRS legal services director during the\u00a0state-wide tax enforcement on Monday. He said the firms sealed are restaurants, hotels and guest houses. 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