The Nigeria Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has resumed
its enforcement, shutting down tax-defaulting companies in Lagos, Owerri and Imo
State.
In Lagos, the premises of Capital Oil Plc at 28 Creek Road
were shut.
The company’s workers were ordered out of the premises by the
team, led by Anita Erinne. The company is owing N30million, which it said it
was ready to pay immediately. However, that was not possible because banks had
closed. The FIRS team shut the company’s gates.
Also in Apapa, the
FIRS visited Folawiyo Energy Trading Company on Creek Road. But the company,
which the FIRS reckons is owing N450million
in company tax for 2013 to 2015, maintained that it is owing only last
year’s. The FIRS team did not seal the company, but advised its management to
clear the matter at the FIRS office in Ikoyi. Also in Lagos, the FIRS
enforcement unit visited the offices of
MAKON Engineering and Technical Services Limited, at 11, Babatunde Anjos
Street, Lekki Phase 1.
However, the team, which was prepared to lock up the
company, changed its mind after the
company’s Chief Financial Officer, Lanre Anafi, agreed to pay its N26 million
tax debt.
The clam down continues today, June 28, 2016 across the
country.
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