To increase the revenue of the government, the Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, OGIRS, has embarked on a wide enforcement drive, to recover all outstanding tax liabilities on Personal Income tax, Withholding tax, and Consumption tax, among others.
The enforcement team also clamped down on defaulters during visits to some establishments across the state.
The government before now have rolled out notifications to all business outfits within the state in relation to their outstanding taxes.
Speaking with newsmen on Thursday during the ongoing enforcement exercise, the Director of Tax Audit and Investigation, Mr Lawrence Adetona said the exercise was to remind taxpayers and tax agents of their obligation to the government with their tax payment.
Adetona noted that the goal of the enforcement exercise was to ensure that all outstanding debts were brought into the coffers of the government.
He said, “Before we set out we already have the list of the defaulters, we have already reached out to them and then some when we meet with them paid immediately and others promised to pay later.
“Our goal is to ensure that all the outstanding debt is brought in. This money as we know will do a lot of things so our job is to ensure that wherever the money is, we would go there to get the money for the government”.
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