The Lodging Proprietors and Hoteliers Association, which represents hotel owners in Gombe State, has rejected the “Consumption Tax”.
According to our correspondent, hotels, event venues, and restaurants would be responsible for paying the levy as recommended by the Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue.
Suleiman Umar, the Association’s consultant, claimed in his remarks that they were successful in getting the board to suspend the state’s new tax.
He argued that it was essentially propaganda to emphasize that the Association had discussed submitting to the state’s consumption tax during a meeting with the board and hotel owners on September 5, 2022, which was presided over by the chairman.
The service, he continued, was unable to refute his statements during the meeting and revealed that the Association’s members had only been instructed to pay other taxes due by the end of October 2022.
mar said, “Having been confronted with facts and proofs that lawfully voided the said consumption tax law in Gombe State, the service considered opting out of the consumption tax law in Gombe State after a thorough conversation.”
The consultant also rejected insinuations that the Association pleaded with the Chairman of the Service, Abubakar Tata, on the Consumption Tax, saying, “I never begged Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue Service as claimed by the service.”
