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BIR to publish list of tax defaulters in Delta

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By Harris-Okon Emmanuel Correspondent, Warri

Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR), said that it will henceforth publish on monthly basis, names of tax defaulting companies and banks who delay in remitting to the state coffers taxes deposited in their outfits.

It vowed that it was poised  to vigorously pursue increased IGR for the state and it would no longer wait for tax payers to decide when to pay.

Executive Chairman, BIR ,  Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, stated this at the end of a three-day stakeholders’ meeting with staff of the board, tax professionals, tax  paying companies and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) collecting banks, held at the newly constructed Delta State Board of Internal Revenue Headquarters Complex, Warri. He said: “Now when we held meeting with our staff, the objective is to sensitize them about what we are about to do in Board of Internal Revenue. We called our tax professionals. You remember in 2011, we embarked on a tax professionals system. Their duty is to liaise with the tax paying public to make sure that every kobo that belongs to the Board of Internal Revenue is brought into the offers of government.

“We also need to bring them in to ask them the reason for the drop in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and why are they not taking up their job efficiently and effectively. And they gave us their commitment that they are going to work with vigor; they are going to work with more energy to make sure the IGR of the state goes up.

“The companies, we told them specifically that henceforth any company that defaults in paying tax to Delta State Government as at when due, we will publish its name among those that do not comply with payment of tax in Delta State; that is what we told them. And we finally agreed that we should give them till November when we will hold the next meeting.”

While frowning at the attitude of some IGR collecting banks that receive taxes from tax paying public without crediting promptly to the state government account, he warned that what happened to two banks in 2013 when they were blacklisted for sharp practices may happen to some banks if they refuse to exhibit healthy and acceptable banking practice.

The DBIR boss, commended Citi Bank and First Bank of Nigeria Plc for carrying out their businesses with the board in a transparent and healthy manner, and encourage them to keep doing good works.

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