The Federal Inland Revenue
Service (FIRS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have
agreed to jointly go after individuals and organisations who refuse to pay the
right taxes.
During a courtesy visit to the
EFCC headquarters in Abuja, yesterday, Executive Chairman of FIRS, Tunde
Fowler, said the agencies will also target taxpayers who also refused to rely
on the Federal Government’s tax amnesty programme, Voluntary Assets and Income
Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), to offset their tax liabilities.
Fowler said: “There are some
issues of non-remittance of withholding tax, Value Added Tax (VAT) and Personal
Income Tax.
“The EFCC has shown support
before. When tax defaulters are invited to your office (EFCC), we see result. I
don’t know how you do it but we see result.
“Recently, two banks came forward
to comply on their own. I think that they must have heard words. We want joint
assistance with EFCC, especially now that VAIDS is over, to make sure that all
tax defaulters get the lawful treatment.
“I want to let every taxable
person in Nigeria know that we are ready to deploy all powers within our
disposal to ensure that every tax defaulter is punished according to the law.”
Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim
Magu, said the Commission was ready to do more to bring culprits to book.
“People are in a hurry to collect
taxes but are reluctant to remit them”, he said.
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