The Revenue
Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC said it recovered over
N115.8 billion tax liabilities from federal and state governments’
ministries,
departments and agencies, MDAs, as well as local government councils in ten
years.
The
commission said the tax liabilities were recoveries made in the first phase of
its exercise carried out between 2005 and 2015 across 30 states of the federation.
Only
Adamawa, Borno, Delta, Ebonyi, Katsina and Kebbi states were given a clean bill
of health. The Commission said they were without any tax liabilities.
The
spokesperson of the Commission, Ibrahim Mohammed, said the commission was able
to establish the total sum of N115, 811, 884,454.01 as tax liabilities in the
first phase of the exercise covering the period.
The
Commission, said the exercise, which is about 90 per cent completed, is
expected to realise additional N40 billion.
“All the
states, Local Government Councils and other agencies so far covered have
passionately pleaded for waiver of penalty and interest totaling
N24,030,004,256.31. This comprises N9,748,742, 417.28 as penalty and
N14,281,261,839.03 as interest respectively,” Mr. Mohammed said.
He said
during the exercise, the Commission discovered that some Federal Government
agencies domiciled in the states were not remitting Pay As You Earn, PAYE, to
the various state governments, thus depleting their Internally Generated
Revenue, IGR, base.
The
Commission called on the Federal Government to reimburse state governments that
executed its projects in their states to enhance their revenue profile.
Also, the
Commission urged states like Bauchi, Cross River, Edo, Enugu and Rivers yet to
participate in the exercise to do so in the spirit of equity and fair play,
since they continue to enjoy the proceeds of tax remitted by their
counterparts.
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