Niger State Board of Internal Revenue Service has demanded from the International Centre for Sexual Reproductive Rights (INCRESE) a backlog of taxes amounting to N291 million.
According to the revenue board, the tax liability accrued between 2000 and 2023, a period of alleged default in payment of taxes accrued to the state.
In a letter obtained by LEADERSHIP yesterday the state Revenue Board in a notice of final and conclusive assessment signed by Musa Ayatullah Assadeeq, Head of Tax Audit & Investigation, on behalf of the executive chairman, state revenue board urged the organisation to make payment within seven days of receipt of the notice.
The letter, which was addressed to the INCRESE’s executive director, reads, “You are referred to the demand notice the service served you on 24th November 2024 in respect of the above subject, requiring you to pay a tax liability of NGN291,729,859.90 covering the period 2000-2023.
“It is important to let you know that your statutory right of thirty (30) days to object to the assessment, in line with the provisions of Section 58(1) of the Personal Income Tax Act 2011 (as amended), has lapsed. You did not file any objection against the assessed tax liability, making the assessment final and conclusive,” the letter added.
It read further that “In view of the above, the Service hereby serves you with a Notice of Final and Conclusive Assessment, demanding you to pay the tax liability of NGN291,729,859.90
The notice warned that failure to settle the liability within the stipulated time would result in enforcement measures as provided under Section 104 of the Personal Income Tax Act 2011 (as amended).
It will be recalled that recently INCRESE had an altercation with a Minna-based publisher of Niger watch and activist Mohammed Yahaya Usman, popularly known as Sai Baba who in a Facebook post in June 2024 accused the organisation of allegedly promoting LGBTQ activities in the state.
INCRESE swiftly petitioned the police, lamenting that Mr Usman’s allegations had put the lives of its staff in danger and the police subsequently filed a cybercrimes charge against the journalist at the Minna division of the Federal High Court.
