“Ebonyi state is not in support of any state collecting VAT. We are in support that FIRS should continue to collect tax and share,” Mr Umahi said.
“Yes, we have put some machinery in place,” Mr Omotoso told The Gazette. “And we will go ahead to collect VAT.”
Rivers wants the Supreme Court to order that the substantive appeal by FIRS be heard and determined by a fresh panel of the Court of Appeal.
IPAC has backed the Lagos House of Assembly for passing the value-added tax (VAT) and anti-open grazing bills.
Afenifere says it is unfair for the federal government to earn more from VAT remittances than the states where they were generated.
Mr Wike chided Mr Masari to quit being lazy and put on his thinking cap.
The tax agency said it was confident of a favourable judgment at the appellate court.
Rivers state government said it would seal up the business premises of any organisation that fails to comply with the state’s VAT law.
Governor Aminu Masari says Katsina is appealing against a recent ruling by the Rivers Division of the Federal High Court, allowing Rivers to collect value-added tax (VAT).
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has threatened to penalise taxpayers in Rivers who refuse to pay their value-added tax (VAT) to the agency.
