The Executive Chairman of Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR), Hon Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, said the board has successfully recovered over N1.2Billion from tax defaulters in the state.
He disclosed that the monies were recovered from tax defaulters operating in the hospitality, oil & gas, engineering, trade, education and business, adding that the board has filed fresh cases to recover another N72 million in the next few months.
“The most effective ways of getting unscrupulous and morally bankrupt elements in our society to comply with tax laws is to go after them with the full might of the law. This approach according to him, has been tried, tested and is trusted by all leading Tax Administration Agencies across the world”.
The revenue boss spoke at the opening of the 2014 retreat for staff of the Delta state Board of Internal Revenue, at Excel Hotel, Effurun, UVWIE Local Government Area, on the “Teamwork for Achieving Revenue Targets in Black Economy.”
“I am delighted to address you on the occasion of this year’s retreat. This is the third consecutive retreat since it was initiated by the present Board when it started at Songhai-Delta, Amukpe, Sapele in 2012. It is our desire to ensure that capacity building of this magnitude is sustained on yearly basis.”
“Let me use this opportunity to reiterate my sincere appreciation to His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan (CON), the Executive Governor of adults State for approving the retreat. This is an ate station of his commitment to supporting the DBIR to actualize its mandate of increased revenue generation in line with the vision of “Delta Beyond Oil,” Hon Joel-Onowakpo stated.
He said that in spite of the challenges associated with the new Personal Income Tax (Amendment) Act as amended in 2011, his Board has raised the average Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N1.2Billion in 2009 to about N4.2Billion presently on a monthly basis amounting to over 250% increase over a four year period.
He said that theme of the retreat was apt and very relevant bearing in mind the higher revenue projection of N62.49Billion for the year 2014, adding that it was imperative for them to double their efforts and do things differently to enable the board meet her target even surpass it.
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