The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akan Okon, said consumption of
\nalcohol in hotels and beer parlours in the state would now attract tax.<\/p>\n
Okon told journalists in Uyo on Saturday<\/span><\/span> that people who consumed some people who lodge in hotels and consume alcohol will henceforth pay The commissioner, however, decried the attitude of some businessmen in the Okon said that if those in the informal sector paid their taxes, the state He said that property tax and entertainment tax were not collected in the The commissioner said that a new tax consultant had been appointed to The commissioner explained that e-receipt system had been introduced to Okon said the state government would soon convene a tax summit to rub As a state, we intend to ensure that we widen the tax net and also engage With the summit coming up, the issue of poor tax payment will be a thing He noted that the state government would anchor its development on taxes The commissioner said Governor Udom Emmanuel administration was doing The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akan Okon, said consumption of alcohol in hotels and beer parlours in the state would now attract tax. Okon told journalists in Uyo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nalcoholic drinks would begin to pay a token as tax.<\/p>\n
\ntaxes to the state government. he focus is to look inward to see how the
\nvarious opportunities that are available in the state can be harnessed to
\nraise the Internally Generated Revenue(IGR), he said.<\/p>\n
\ninformal sector of the economy who failed to pay tax to government.<\/p>\n
\nwould pull the resources together and that would help in providing social
\namenities in the state.<\/p>\n
\nstate in order for tax uniformity in the state. Okon explained that the
\nstate government had put measures in place to ensure that revenue
\nopportunities were tapped to raise its IGR.<\/p>\n
\nblock leakages associated with revenue collection. e have in place a new
\nconsultant that is working closely to ensure that we block all the
\nleakages associated with revenue collection system in the state, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\ncheck revenue leakages in the state. e are introducing electronic
\ne-receipt instead of the manual receipt, this is one of the avenues we
\nbelieve will help sort out some leakages that are associated with a manual
\nreceipt, he said.<\/p>\n
\nminds with its stakeholders. He said the summit was aimed to encourage the
\npeople to pay their taxes according to their incomes.<\/p>\n
\nthe informal sector to ensure that we derive the maximum opportunity that
\nis available in this area.<\/p>\n
\nof the past, Okon said.<\/p>\n
\npaid by the citizens of the state.<\/p>\n
\neverything possible for tax system to be efficient and effective in the
\nstate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"