The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has closed certain branches of first generation, the Regional Office of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, and six other businesses due to tax liabilities totaling N419.3 million.
According to Mr Zakari Muhammad, the agency’s Head of Corporate Communications, the affected banks and enterprises were shuttered due to a court order after they failed to complete their unpaid tax returns totaling N419.3 million.
He named the corporations as Access Bank (N249.9 million), Transmission Company of Nigeria (N56.3 million), Transmission Company of Nigeria (N67.7 million), and Sky Express Airways (N5.4 million).
Azman Air Services received N15.2 million, China Zhonghao Nigeria received N8.6 million, Indomie Noodle, Kaduna received N9.3 million, and Premier Feed Mills received N7 million.
Muhammad stated that KADIRS was empowered by law to seal the premises of organisations that fail to remit taxes due to the state, citing Section 104, sub-section 3 and 4 of the Personal Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2011 and Section 37, sub-section 3 and 4 of Kaduna State Tax Codification and Consolidation Law, 2020, as the legal instruments.