Popular actress Iyabo Ojo has responded to the Lagos Government on the tax levy imposed on her by the State Internal Revenue Service.
Politics Nigeria had reported that the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service had requested the Yoruba actress to pay N18,640,092.00 as personal income tax within seven days or face consequences of defaulting.
LIRS stated that Ojo has a tax liability of N7,376,000.00 for the year 2022 and an outstanding liability of N11,264,092 for the 2021 income year.
But in an Instagram live video on Monday, Ojo shared proof of payments of the personal income tax signed on the letterhead of the LIRS.
“Jidesanwoolu @lagosstategovt, please, how do you people come up with these outrageous personal income taxes you send on a daily basis?” Ojo queried.
“After paying different types of taxes for one’s businesses, house & all…. you still come up with all this huge amount and give me 7-days to pay up, lol.”
Ojo narrated how she went to the office of the LIRS to explain all she earns as a businesswoman.
“Make i go theif ni? I ask again, “How do you (sic) people come up with such outrageous bills,” she asked.
“I don’t know how much you think I get paid. Hence, your team will come up with this conclusion.”
“Nothing is working right in this country, but yet you feel the need to take from where you have not sown.”
Ojo added that the government is free to come arrest, jail her and also close down her business adding that she is not ready to pay the levy.
