Court Of Appeal Ruling Backed Rivers State To Collect Value-Added Tax – Human Rights’ Lawyer, Ozekhome Tells Federal Agency, FIRS
Posted by Ofozor Kingsley Nnamdi Recall that Nyesom Wike-led Rivers State government has been at loggerheads with the nation’s federal tax agency, FIRS, which hitherto held the constitutional power to collect VAT from companies. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKSEP 11, 2021 Human rights' lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has interpreted the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja in the favour of the Rivers State Government, saying the state government should collect the Value-Added Tax (VAT) as opposed to the Federal Inland Revenue.