Nigerians must Register with their State Internal Revenue Service, Declare All their Earnings & Pay Personal Income Tax to their states and ensure Accountability & Support Prosecution of Executhieve Govrs, Legislooters, Compromised Judas-iary & Evil Servants Masquerading as Civil Servants
I agree some levies & Tax rates should be reduced & govt service delivery should be more efficient to make Nigeria competitive with neighbouring & other comparative countries,
But I still Insist all Nigerians who are employed or engaged in any kind of trade, service delivery, artisans or any income generating activity that earns income above the taxable earnings threshold. Most Nigerians not employed by the govt or the formal private sector are not registered for personsl Income Tax, don’t have Tax Identification numbers (TIN), don’t declare their full taxable earnings & therefore do not pay personal Income tax to their state Govts as required by law.
Focus on Fed Govt is misplaced as Personal Income Taxes goes to states & not to the Fed Govt.
VAT is split between states, Fed Govt & Local Govts. Fed collected Revenues are also shared monthly between Fed, State & Local Govts. FAAC
There needs to be more Deregulation, formalisation & enforcement to make it easier for Nigerian Individuals, businesses & companies to legally exploit our natural resources for economic gain & production to build the Tax earning base of the country.
These taxes collected should be transparent & accountable used to bring real infrastructure & needed essential services to Nigerians
Power, water gas, Petroleum & Communication are essential but must be fully commercialised and provided by a functioning Private sector as it stands our Private Sector isn’t functioning efficiently or optimally.
Nigerians should stop blaming the Fed Govt for non accountable spending of their meagre personal income taxes as these taxes are collected by State Govts where they reside.
Focus should be on our State Govts headed by Executhieve Govrs who steal N100bn’s of our personal Income taxes & State IGR funds without prosecution. Yahaya Bello, Orji Kalu, Ibori, Fubara, Rasaki, Ganduje, Obiano, Fayose & numerous others living fat of the sweat of personal Income taxes collected & paid to the state Govts are being _protected, hailed & applauded when they should be stoned or sweating in a mosquito infested cell in Kirikiri_ , along with their co conspirator Eivil Servants Masquerading as Civil Servants equally Looting Tax payer funds & making the ease of doing business in Nigeria impossible.
I’m not aware of any prominent Civil Servants & Complicit Compromised Bribe taking Judges being successfully fired, prosecuted & convicted for raping our Collective Taxes & Govt Revenues for their Selfish Personal Gain. Until this happens Tax will continue to be a sore topic in Nigeria.
In conclusion those who should contribute but don’t contribute to the state have no right to question what is being done with our taxes as they don’t contribute . If you don’t vote you should stop Lamenting as you are also a factor in who Emerges as our leaders.
If you are working & earing a living go out & register with your state Internal Revenue Services & pay your taxes. Also make sure you register to vote and vote in who you want to make a difference who will not steal your taxes & will ensure the taxes are used efficiently & judiciously with policies to make life better.
