Dangote Cement Company (DCC), Gboko has been unsealed by the Benue Board of Internal Revenue Service (BIRS)after the company remitted N69 million part of the PAYE/withholding tax owed the board.
This was made known by Mimi Adzape-Orubibi, the Executive Chairman, BIRS, Mrs Mimi Adzape-Orubibi, on Wednesday in Makurdi.
According to her, the N69 million the company paid was part of the N218 million PAYE/withholding tax it owed the Board, adding that the N69 million represents one-third of the total amount owed by the company.
She said Dangote Cement Company complied with the law governing corporate organisations to pay an initial one-third of the total amount owed and pay the balance by instalments
She added that the administrative offices of Jos Disco had remained sealed in the state over a N433 million tax default, adding that discussions with officials of the company were ongoing.
“We have a human face and the law does that for us too, you can pay one-third of what you are owing so Dangote paid one-third of N218 million, which is about N69 million the next day.
“The company also made a commitment to paying the balance in instalments.
“But Jos Disco is yet to do that; so if you go around Makurdi, Otukpo and Gboko, all their administrative offices are under seal,” she said.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Chairman while sealing the companies said the board sent demand notices to the companies and followed it up with reminders as contained in sections 57 and 58 of the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA), 2011 as amended.
She also explained that it was necessary to seal companies after all forms of diplomacy and giving the affected companies ample time to comply have been exhausted.
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