From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Kaduna Tax Justice Network has called on the government and citizens to respond actively to the social contract binding them via Tax payments and collections.
The call was made during a town Hall meeting held at the Kaduna Development Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) Conference Hall, yesterday.
Addressing participants at the Town Hall meeting with
With the theme —Towards Sustainable Development: Building Partnership For Voluntary Tax Compliance Culture and Effective Service Delivery for Community Development, the Coordinator of the Network, Olatunde Simeon, noted that tax laws on their own do not guarantee total compliance, canvassed more socio-economic projects that impact the citizenry for increased participation of the citizenry in funding the government in return.
He also stressed the need for the 2021 taxation, and financial law (Finance Act 2021) to work for the better benefit of Nigerians and to strengthen the government’s capacity through the instrumentality of taxation in achieving sustainable development.
According to him, the government has a lot of work to do when it comes to the issue of accountability in the area of taxation.
“The people have a right to know what their money works for else, they will be discouraged.”
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