Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS), is set to flush out illegal and fake revenue collectors as part of the measures to prevent double taxation on businesses and taxpayers across the state.
The executive chairman of the state Internal Revenue Service, Alhaji Sule Salihu Enehe, disclosed this to journalists during an interactive session in Lokoja, that revenue and taxes will be paid and collected through cashless monetary transactions.
The chairman, who lamented that thugs have taken over collection of revenue in the eastern part of the state, expressed optimism of the agency in flushing out all those that have no business with revenue and tax collection.
He allays the fears of taxpayers, that the state has never engaged in multiple taxation, saying, it is only the KGIRS that is mandated to issue demand notices to customers.
He also disclosed that Illegal miners of solid minerals and persons in cashew farming and related businesses, who have not been paying revenue in the past, will henceforth be taxed as the state has to collect its dues from businesses.
Enehe promises to aggressively collect revenue in the state to meet up the target or beyond to achieve a 100 per cent budget target for the 2023 fiscal year.
He revealed that with the innovation he introduced during his probation in office as acting chairman, more persons were recruited which led to accelerated revenue collection and increment to the government purse.
