The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has sealed seven companies for failing to remit N23.2 million personal income taxes of workers to the state government.
Folasade Coker-Afolayan, head of the Distrain Unit of the LIRS, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
Coker-Afolayan, who led the enforcement team, explained that the companies were sealed on Wednesday during a state-wide tax law enforcement.
She said that the affected companies’ tax liabilities were for periods between one and three years.
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The team leader said the enforcement would continue until taxpayers imbibed the culture of voluntary tax compliance, stressing that it was a crime to evade tax.
“Tax payment is a civic responsibility of everyone because that is the only way government can provide the necessary infrastructure for the citizens and also improve their standard of living,” she said.
Coker-Afolayan urged taxpayers to remit their taxes promptly to avoid their premises being shut.
She said that the tax authority normally sent a demand notice to defaulting companies to notify them of their tax liabilities.
