Kano State Board of Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) have sealed a hotel and four business firms for failure to remit liability taxes accrued in the name of the affected firms.
During the sealing exercise carried out by the KIRS team Grand Central Hotel, Nikita Textile Limited, Fursa Foods Limited, Next Door and SKY were all sealed by the service.
According to the team lead of the enforcement team, Director debt management and enforcement Malam Ibrahim Abdullahi, the action of the service became necessary as affected firms have failed to respond to several correspondence sent to them by the service .
He added that that based on that the Service has obtained a Court order to seal business premises of these firms as part of the service measure in ensuring enforcement and compliance as stipulated in the service mandate.
“Grand Central Hotel is sealed for failure to pay over N14 million tax, Nikita textile is sealed for failure to pay over 229 million taxes, and others were also sealed for failure to remit to the state what is expected.
According to the director, the service will continue to work in ensuring that all revenue leakages are blocked for an enhance revenue generation in the state.