{"id":80983,"date":"2021-09-10T19:15:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=80983"},"modified":"2021-09-10T19:15:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:15:58","slug":"appeal-court-halts-rivers-lagos-from-collecting-vat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/10\/appeal-court-halts-rivers-lagos-from-collecting-vat\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal court halts Rivers, Lagos from collecting VAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The governments of Rivers and Lagos states have been ordered by a court of appeal sitting in Abuja not to collect\u00a0Value Added Taxes (VAT), pending the determination of an appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).<\/p>\n<p>According to the appellate court, the order was to\u00a0preserve the \u2018Res\u2019 (subject matter) of the appeal before it, gave the order on Friday September 10.<\/p>\n<p>The development after\u00a0Attorney-General of Lagos state, Moyosore Onigbanjo informed the court of an application for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/02\/14468-passports-ready-for-collection-in-lagos-state-nis\/\">Lagos state<\/a> government to be joined as a co-respondent in the appeal filed by FIRS.<\/p>\n<p>The three-member panel of justices of the appellate court led by Haruna Tsammani asked parties involved in the case to refrain from taking action, following a judgement by a high court which gave Rivers state government the right to collect VAT instead of the FIRS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The governments of Rivers and Lagos states have been ordered by a court of appeal sitting in Abuja not to collect\u00a0Value Added Taxes (VAT), pending the determination of an appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). 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