Leading transport platform, God Is Good Motors (GIGM), has demanded the removal of its name from a published list of tax defaulters by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

The firm said it has fully paid documented tax liability as demanded by the services, wondering how it could have defaulted after meeting all obligations.

Besides, it declared no demand notices were served on the firm in any of its branches nationwide as required by Sections 32 (d) and 33(1) of the FIRS Establishment Act before publication of its name among defaulters.

In a nine-point rejoinder dated August 21 by Finance Director of GIGM, Mr Joseph Osanipin, the firm described FIRS action as “totally unacceptable, unprofessional and unethical.”

It said the embarrassing development was ”negatively affecting our mutual business dealings with both our foreign and local partners,” urging the FIRS to reverse it with immediate effect.

The rejoinder titled: “Unpleasant and unlawful publication of our company name as tax defaulters on print and social media” reads: “Sequel to your publication of names of tax defaulters on Public Media, amongst which our Company’s name was maliciously included, we respond thus:

“Our Company; God is Good Motors Nigeria Limited is a duly registered Company in Nigeria with full compliance with the requirements of all relevant Government Agencies one of which is the Federal Inland Revenue Service.

“That the above stated Account name with Zenith Bank GOD IS GOOD MOTORS(VEHICLE SALESS A/C) is not a different Company nor a subsidiary of our company stated above, rather it is the same company but with a modified account name for ease of reconciling our transactions.

“We registered our Business with the Federal Inland Revenue Service as far back as 2010 with a Taxpayer Identification Number: 09568000-0001, with all documented tax liability fully paid up as demanded by the service.

“FIRS has carried out series of Tax Audits on our Company with the latest being May, 2018 vide a letter from your same head office dated 18th April, 2018 and signed by the Director of Tax Audit Department which I suppose you could verify from your internal records.

“We find it totally unacceptable, unprofessional, and unethical the manner in which our account name above was published on public media.

“This is a malicious attempt at smearing the good name and brand we have struggled to build over the years without even a demand notice served on us as stipulated in the FIRS Establishment Act Section 32 (d)….” the Service shall serve a demand notice upon the company or person in whose name a tax is chargeable and if payment is not made within one month from the date of the-service of such demand notice, the Service may proceed to enforce payment under this Act”

“Also Section 33(1) of the FIRS Establishment Act also states:…” Without prejudice to any other power conferred on the Board for the enforcement of payment of tax due from a company, where an assessment has become final and conclusive and a demand notice has, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant tax laws tax in the First Schedule to this Act, been served upon the taxable person or upon the person in whose name the taxable person is chargeable, then, if payment of the tax is not made within the time limited by the demand notice, the Board may in the prescribed form, for the purpose of enforcing payment of the tax due”

“Both sections of the FIRS Establishment act stated above clearly states that a demand notice must be served on the intended taxpayer before enforcement procedures are carried out, hence we find it very embarrassing that no demand notices were served on us or any of our branches/outlets yet our name was published on public media as delinquent and defaulting taxpayers

“The FIRS should look into her records to confirm our points as stated in 1. – 8 above and update our records with your Agency to avoid any future embarrassment of this nature as our organization takes issues like this as topmost priority.

“A counter publication should be made to expunge our Company name from the list of tax defaulters as this is negatively affecting our mutual business dealings with both our foreign and local partners.”


https://thenationonlineng.net/gigm-to-firs-expunge-our-name-from-list-of-tax-defaulters/amp/

Go and pay na or make una publish una tax clearance just as FIRS publish una name. Abi una pay tax and forget to collect receipt ni?

Hey

FIRS FIRS FIRS, remove their name and put the name of the APC, PDP looters that never paid a dime
for the company they owned.

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Normally I would want to say how can FIRS include a tax faithful in defaulters list but when I remember Buhari appointed Dead Men to head various units, I can't put anything beyond this government

Nonsense, what about Buhari that is owning the whole Nigerian change..

Mtcheeew

Ooh okay

e be like say FIRS dey craze

I can smell another round of witch hunting spree


Freezing Bank Accounts


So how will they pay or regularize their taxes. Since they cannot have access to their monies stored in the frozen bank accounts.


Gradually the effectives, Efficiency and Corporate responsibility of these regulatory agencies and Prosecuting bodies is being compromised in order to attack perceived political enemies

Again, I am not surprised at the incompetence of government agencies under this government. First they now willfully violate accounting rules by deliberately refusing to submit fiscal reports; MDAs without audited reports have increased from 148 in 2014 to 323 in 2018; financial indiscipline is on the increase and yet they still lose what little competence they might have had before this time.
How can they rubbish the tax credibility and standing of a company like GIGM without exercising proper care and caution? GIGM should be ready to sue FIRS for malicious publication and defamation if they don't quickly respond and retract their publication.

thank God say i no go una interview again o
debtors

alizma:
Go and pay na or make una publish una tax clearance just as FIRS publish your name. Abi una pay tax and forget to collect receipt ni?

simple as ABC

Kk

Ok

Is Messi name among?

Hmmmm

They have disclosed their TIN so the relevant authorities show look into it.

Bad review and publicity is bad for business especially when it is false most people will not wait to get clarifications.




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Waiting to hear from FIRS
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY

Hahaaa

Edoloaded:

It's very obvious that you can't read

he just typed that poooo for typing sake. next time don't bother quoting his kind..

Afonja always targeting lgbo businesses to liquidate.
How can Tunde Flower or whatever your name is intentionally put GIGM in your list?

Bad Belle too much for Nigeria

freeze001:
Again, I am not surprised at the incompetence of government agencies under this government. First they now willfully violate accounting rules by deliberately refusing to submit fiscal reports; MDAs without audited reports have increased from 148 in 2014 to 323 in 2018; financial indiscipline is on the increase and yet they still lose what little competence they might have had before this time.
How can they rubbish the tax credibility and standing of a company like GIGM without exercising proper care and caution? GIGM should be ready to sue FIRS for malicious publication and defamation if they don't quickly respond and retract their publication.

Lol! But GIGM are systematically saying.... Even if they are defaulting, they should be served a prior notice before the publishing of their names, that could only mean one thing though....

Davido was busy campaigning and dabbling into politics now it is time to face the music .Apc go freeze him 30 billion account

Them sure? I no trust GIGM

Sijo01:



simple as ABC

alizma:
Go and pay na or make una publish una tax clearance just as FIRS publish your name. Abi una pay tax and forget to collect receipt ni?

I know many businessmen that wont like posting their tax clearance as one can interpolate and tell their worth.
some people just dont like their worth exposed.

Simply present your documents and receipts.

Oshisko.

It was probably an old list that was published.

Nigerian parastatals dont always update their records.