Barbiturate:


So he can't go to his shop in the night and pack his things? Do the tax people stay in front of his shop 24/7?

and you think this no go cause problem again ?

Nigeria is just damn hard

Whatever he may choose tell him to get an Online Skill for foreign currency earnings....
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@SeniorWriter

What do you want from us exactly?

pyyxxaro:
Pls Permit to blame Buhari and Desmond Elliot for this



I said Please oh

Hey! Stop acting childish and let help this young man by profer suitable solutions.

OhiOfIhima:
Hey! Stop acting childish and let help this young man by profer a suitable solutions.

It's so disgusting

How will I pay tax when I'm not making sales and profits?


WOE BETIDE THE TAX COLLECTORS.


RUBBISH

Your friend abi you

How manage you accrued such a huge tax... If the environment is not suitable for d business, quit pls... Any businesses where taxes amass to that extent within a short period of time should be able to stand d heat. I feel ur pain bro. Is not easy to setup a business in this Buhari regime talk of not sustainable.

So, small businesses are also taxed in Nigeria, I am surprised.

NazareneMonk:
This story might be a little lengthy. My friend graduated from school and unfortunately for him just like many graduates, he could not get a job.

He later met a woman who helped him secure a loan from her meeting and he used this loan to secure a shop in front of his house where he will be using as a bar, to save up money to setup his own fish farm which was his major area of specialization as a graduate of Agric.

In all of this,my friend did not see the future as his business barely started when the nation wide lockdown was declared with gatherings restricted.

Sales was no more coming, a loan had to be paid, and in the whole of this,several government officials came under different umbrellas and ministries to collect tax. Right after this,the ENDSARS protest started and things went from bad to worst due to the post-protest anarchy as his store had a fair share of the looting.

My friend is not easily broken,he was determined and so he sold his only working fridge to restock what he lost and had to get a cooler where he buys ice blocks daily to cool his drinks.

In all of this,the huge taxes keeps coming,he always explained to them how sales are and in some case he is asked to pay their transport back,depending on the ministry that came.

To cut the story short,his shop was locked up yesterday for a tax worth 200k+ by the board of internal revenue, he went to their office for rectification but the lady there told him to deposit 100k first before they can talk.

My friend felt like collapsing because a few weeks ago he deposited 3k into that account and they mocked him saying the money is too small not considering if he makes sales that much.

The problem now is my friends landlord told him to quit the shop and house and he is planning to close the business but does not know what to do.

Any idea will be appreciated.

since the story somehow doesn't add up, I will just conclude that village people are involved in your friend's travails

NazareneMonk:
lalasticlala, seun, mynd44, Dominique please I will appreciate if you can push this to front page so we can get advice from lawyers in the house.


The incident happened in Edo state, I have some images of the tax Slip and the shop. To make matters worse his house and shop are kinda together which makes him somehow homeless.

Seems he needs urgent quick fix to avoid snyper temptation. Transportation business is a fast way to crawl out and he can make time to learn or rebuild and grow whatever other enterprise he chooses in future. If he can drive/ride taxi, shuttle bus, e-hailing can, Okada or drive for bread, table water companies on commission basis.
OR IS HE STILL DOING GRADUATE GRA GRA at this point of death?

Tell ur friend to write to;

The Executive Director of the board of internal revenue,

The Secretary to the State Government

All the Honorable members representing his constituency both at the state and the national level

And state passionatly his plights and mishaps,

Attach all the relevant documents to the letter esp.

The loan agreement if any

The tenancy agreement he signed with his landlord which shows when he commenced his business.

Believe me it has worked for me

Nigerians are the ones killing Nigerians not government. just because you are placed in some sort of cubicle for an office under government you turn yourself to a demi god.

you see a man that can't conveniently feed himself from his business you forward to him a tax not feasible in commensuration to his business yet tell him to pay or close up, forgetting if every other business like his close government won't get tax from nowhere.

cybertron88:
Where are the entrepreneur crew? Start ur own business, be ur own boss, quit ur 8-5 job. If u follow this ppl mouth u go enter bush. The lifespan of startup in this country is 2yrs I think it should be less than 9months now as the economy is on a downward spin. Naso I invest heavily to setup a pure water factory after all the feasibility studies and revenue projection. My factory didn't even make it past 6 months. From fraudulent Keke boys and staff to extortion from State revenue collection, landlord come add him own join. If not I still had my 8-5 job I no know wetin I for dey do now.
The best business in this country is one that I can do online from the comfort of ur bedroom. Anyone involving a brick and mortar structure needs God's grace to survive.

Those in pure water business do the delivery themselve. You can choose to deliver on weekend, 4pm to 7pm or let your wife manage the business for you.

Consumer tax is what is known as VAT,
And businesses with an annual turnover less than 25million is clearly exempted from that rubbish.
Educate yourself very well young man so that people wouldn't cash out on your ignorance.
Any small thing Nigerians don dey beg and acting naive ,
Na wa!

cybertron88:
Where are the entrepreneur crew? Start ur own business, be ur own boss, quit ur 8-5 job. If u follow this ppl mouth u go enter bush. The lifespan of startup in this country is 2yrs I think it should be less than 9months now as the economy is on a downward spin. Naso I invest heavily to setup a pure water factory after all the feasibility studies and revenue projection. My factory didn't even make it past 6 months. From fraudulent Keke boys and staff to extortion from State revenue collection, landlord come add him own join. If not I still had my 8-5 job I no know wetin I for dey do now.
The best business in this country is one that I can do online from the comfort of ur bedroom. Anyone involving a brick and mortar structure needs God's grace to survive.

.. why are you insulting us ..

SeaTrade:
Consumer tax is what is known as VAT,
And businesses with an annual turnover less than 25million is clearly exempted from that rubbish.
Educate yourself very well young man so that people wouldn't cash out on your ignorance.
Any small thing Nigerians don dey beg and acting naive ,
Na wa!

I don't think the op is genuine. If it's really true and it's in Benin city I might be able to tell some of my people based in Benin to assist him at the tax office free of charge, but it looks like a scam to me. Anyway I am waiting for him to reply me.

[quote author=NazareneMonk post=101926991]
They said its consumer tax, 5% of his sales that's an average of about 30k monthly during that lockdown period. My guy nor even dey make that much sales Monthly not to talk of having that as 5%. Mind you,that's not the only group that has come to tax him on consumption. Another group came two weeks ago saying they are in charge of tax on beer and spirit (This group have visited twice and he had to beg them with tokens.)


I dey feel for the guy sha, I will do my best and make this go viral. This is oppression,police even come join dey shine eyes for am.[/quote

HE MAY NOT BE IN A POSITION TO AFFORD IT BUT THE BEST ADVICE FOR HIM IS TO HIRE A GOOD LAWYER TO HANDLE IT AS MOST OF THESE FEES AND LEVIES TEND TO BE ILLEGAL.

walexsho:

Those in pure water business do the delivery themselve. You can choose to deliver on weekend, 4pm to 7pm or let your wife manage the business for you.

As I never marry nko? Dont understand d delivery aspect. Make I go drive Keke?? Plus what happens to buyers who need water from 8am?

jmichael259:


Seems he needs urgent quick fix to avoid snyper temptation. Transportation business is a fast way to crawl out and he can make time to learn or rebuild and grow whatever other enterprise he chooses in future. If he can drive/ride taxi, shuttle bus, e-hailing can, Okada or drive for bread, table water companies on commission basis.
OR IS HE STILL DOING GRADUATE GRA GRA at this point of death?

You just mention 10ways to kill an entreprenuer..

You are advising someone to move from structured business to story business..

I feel for the guy shaaaaaa... 200k for tax on top of what na .

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UDUJ:


I don't think the op is genuine. If it's really true and it's in Benin city I might be able to tell some of my people based in Benin to assist him at the tax office free of charge, but it looks like a scam to me. Anyway I am waiting for him to reply me.

Okay great,let's see how it goes.
The whole story looked really naive and dumb to me though,
But I didn't want to judge because a lot of people are ignorant to how tax works and usually let tax people open office for their head,so I am still skeptical and don't wanna judge yet.
Eventually sha....

SeaTrade:
Consumer tax is what is known as VAT,
And businesses with an annual turnover less than 25million is clearly exempted from that rubbish.
Educate yourself very well young man so that people wouldn't cash out on your ignorance.
Any small thing Nigerians don dey beg and acting naive ,
Na wa!

Do you have any article or stuff we can reference to on this? It will be really helpful.
UDUJ

pascal558:




Do you have any article or stuff we can reference to on this? It will be really helpful.
UDUJ

I don't have any material,was speaking from my years of experience in business.
Maybe UDUj might have something.

He should first find another place to rent, then evacuate the shot and move on to his new residence. Then after a while, he can open another shop

cybertron88:
Where are the entrepreneur crew? Start ur own business, be ur own boss, quit ur 8-5 job. If u follow this ppl mouth u go enter bush. The lifespan of startup in this country is 2yrs I think it should be less than 9months now as the economy is on a downward spin. Naso I invest heavily to setup a pure water factory after all the feasibility studies and revenue projection. My factory didn't even make it past 6 months. From fraudulent Keke boys and staff to extortion from State revenue collection, landlord come add him own join. If not I still had my 8-5 job I no know wetin I for dey do now.
The best business in this country is one that I can do online from the comfort of ur bedroom. Anyone involving a brick and mortar structure needs God's grace to survive.

It's very unfortunate. When you start a business in this country the government agencies treat you as if you've committed a crime. When I opened my school it was also like that, different agencies coming with different levies. I had to pull down my banner and all advert of the school in order to operate with peace of mind.

NazareneMonk:
This story might be a little lengthy. My friend graduated from school and unfortunately for him just like many graduates, he could not get a job.

He later met a woman who helped him secure a loan from her meeting and he used this loan to secure a shop in front of his house where he will be using as a bar, to save up money to setup his own fish farm which was his major area of specialization as a graduate of Agric.

In all of this,my friend did not see the future as his business barely started when the nation wide lockdown was declared with gatherings restricted.

Sales was no more coming, a loan had to be paid, and in the whole of this,several government officials came under different umbrellas and ministries to collect tax. Right after this,the ENDSARS protest started and things went from bad to worst due to the post-protest anarchy as his store had a fair share of the looting.

My friend is not easily broken,he was determined and so he sold his only working fridge to restock what he lost and had to get a cooler where he buys ice blocks daily to cool his drinks.

In all of this,the huge taxes keeps coming,he always explained to them how sales are and in some case he is asked to pay their transport back,depending on the ministry that came.

To cut the story short,his shop was locked up yesterday for a tax worth 200k+ by the board of internal revenue, he went to their office for rectification but the lady there told him to deposit 100k first before they can talk.

My friend felt like collapsing because a few weeks ago he deposited 3k into that account and they mocked him saying the money is too small not considering if he makes sales that much.

The problem now is my friends landlord told him to quit the shop and house and he is planning to close the business but does not know what to do.

Any idea will be appreciated.

na you, no be any friend.

:So he can't go to his shop in the night and pack his things? Do the tax people stay in front of his shop 24/7? and you think this no go cause problem again ?

NazareneMonk:

They said its consumer tax, 5% of his sales that's an average of about 30k monthly during that lockdown period. My guy nor even dey make that much sales Monthly not to talk of having that as 5%. Mind you,that's not the only group that has come to tax him on consumption. Another group came two weeks ago saying they are in charge of tax on beer and spirit (This group have visited twice and he had to beg them with tokens.)


I dey feel for the guy sha, I will do my best and make this go viral. This is oppression,police even come join dey shine eyes for am.

It’s either Lagos state government is mad or ur frnd is just being extorted because he’s seen to be new and naive. What sales did he make that they are taxing even during the lockdown when government is supposed to cushion the effects of the pandemic for atleast the the next 6 months after the lockdown was lifted.

Sadly in the country we have draconian laws set up by a highly irresponsible government and citizens who don’t even know their rights.

He should get a tax lawyer.

They are extortionists not tax collectors.Na so them dey do for Lagos.If you no wise up you go use your profit pay them and them go still dey come until your business go collapse.