Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sacked the Chairman, Lagos Board of Internal Revenue and Chief Executive of Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, barely 11 months after he appointed him. Ogunsanwo has now handed over to the Director, Tax Audit, Mrs Akintola Bolaji. An internal memo conveying his departure from the agency…
The Protea Hotel close to Kuramo Waters in Lagos Island has been sealed by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS. The hotel was closed on Wednesday by officials of the LIRS after everybody in the place was evacuated. It was learnt that the premises of Protea Hotel was sealed over alleged failure to remit…
In its drive to ensure full maximization of its revenue generating potentials, and to commence tax Audit exercise of 2016 in earnest, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service ((LIRS) has engaged 1200 members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) as Tax Audit Monitoring…
The Lagos State Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit says it has commenced prosecution of recalcitrant tax payers in the state. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, disclosed on Monday that the Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit has filled all the necessary information at the State High Court for the arraignment of the 28 tax…
Star Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, may be in for a big trouble if information reaching Aproko247 is anything to take serious. According to reports, Omosexy may soon become ‘Omo trouble’ as one of her fans jokingly said. This is because the actress’ advocacy may make her land in jail if criminal charges are filed against…
..enjoins organizations, individuals to comply with tax laws The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, has disclosed that from Friday, April 1, 2016, it would no longer be business as usual for those in the habit of evading tax because it will commence the prosecution of tax offenders in the state in consonance with Section…
A strong message has been sent to tax defaulters in Lagos State as the government has warned that it would no longer be business as usual. The state government noted that it decided to go tough on tax evaders because of the extreme financial downturn in the country. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday at the Bagauda…
Former Lagos Inland Revenue Service, LIRS, boss, Babatunde Fowler, has been named by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, a statement issued on Thursday by the President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, has disclosed. Fowler resigned his appointment in Lagos some months ago. He started his career in…