Gombe Hoteliers reject Consumption Tax
Hotels Proprietors in Gombe State under the aegis of the ‘Lodging Proprietors and Hoteliers Association have rejected ‘Consumption Tax’.
Our correspondent reports that the tax as proposed by the Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue would be paid by hotels, event centres with restaurants.
Speaking on behalf of the Association, its Consultant, Suleiman Umar, said they succeeded in making the board to suspend the new tax in the state.
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According to him, it was tantamount to propaganda stressing that during a meeting with the board and the hotel proprietors dated 5th September 2022, as presided over by the chairman of the board, the board considered cede to the consumption tax in the state.
He added that the service was unable to counter his claims during the meeting, revealing that members of the Association were only asked to clear other payable taxes before end of October, 2022.
Umar said, “Having been confronted with facts and proofs that lawfully voided the said consumption tax law in Gombe State, the service considered cede to the consumption tax law in Gombe State after thorough conversation on the facts and proofs that lawfully voided the said consumption tax law constitutionally.”
The Consultant also rejected insinuations that the Association pleaded with the Chairman of the Service Abubakar Tata, on the Consumption Tax, “I never begged Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue Service as as claimed by the service,” Umar added.
