ourema:
Apart from this current case the Rivers State governor performance is below that of his predecessor Amaechi.

Employment his rating is below the previous government,
Workers promotion and Pensioner gratuity is very poor

garfield1:



That is not true sir.the vat act specifically empowers the firs to collect vat.perhaps,you should go through the vat act.even rivers is not questioning this.what they are saying is that the fg lacks powers to collect taxes that are not on item 58 and 59 of the constitution like sales tax,withholding tax,tertiary education tax,nitda,tax...but the same constitution never empowered the states to collect this same taxes.now,an act of the national assembly called the vat act has empowered the fg to collect vat.the vat laws of lagos and rivers cannot supersede the vat act....
Some others argue that vat is in the concurrent list and in the concurrent list,same fg has an advantage in conflicting items...
Even if we go by your claims that states collect on behalf of the fg,it means the fg has the deciding authority and can decide to delegate anyone other than states' to collect it.

This case is a delicate case.for the sake of peace,let firs continue collecting vat...worst case scenario,the share of states like lagos,rivers,kaduna,fct will increase

DubaiLandLord1:
The Appeal Court ask the Rivers State Govt. And FIRS to maintain status quo, that means Rivers can keep on collecting VATs till the Appeal Court pass a judgement.

mfm04622:


The court SPECIFICALLY asked both parties to return to the position BEFORE the court judgement. Also, Rivers State has not started collecting VAT even after the judgement

Terrence99:


FIRS won't collect anything. Just forget it.

VAT was introduced in 1993 to replace Sales tax. The question is if the FG could it collect sales tax, why can they now collect VAT?

As for the Appeal by the FIRS, they are merely wasting their time. It is a declaratory judgment as to rights and you don't use stay of execution to suppress declaratory judgements. This particular Justices who granted this interlocutory injunction are not very intelligent.

ourema:
Apart from this current case the Rivers State governor performance is below that of his predecessor Amaechi.

Employment his rating is below the previous government,
Workers promotion and Pensioner gratuity is very poor

DubaiLandLord1:
The Appeal Court ask the Rivers State Govt. And FIRS to maintain status quo, that means Rivers can keep on collecting VATs till the Appeal Court pass a judgement.

DubaiLandLord1:
Thanks for this explanation.

You just explain all this in simple terms

georgeakins:
Wike should rather give an account of how he has spent Rivers money in the last 6 years, instead of asking for more funds via VAT

AntiBMC:
Hmm. The same court presided over by Tanko Muhammad, an illiterate who only went to Islamic school? Lol.

This is a man that was specially handpicked by the FG (Fulani govt), to do their bidding. He is the reason why Bulhari is president, he is the reason why Hope Uzodimma is a governor. So, for Wike to carry ds VAT matter there...lol...excuse me for not having an iota of faith in the "supreme" court.

garfield1:


You are missing the point,you are the one that needs to forget it.firs have been collecting vat and they will keep collecting it,states should forget it after all they have the highest share.it is like saying states should start collecting oil revenue..impossible.

AntiBMC:
Hmm. The same court presided over by Tanko Muhammad, an illiterate who only went to Islamic school? Lol.

This is a man that was specially handpicked by the FG (Fulani govt), to do their bidding. He is the reason why Bulhari is president, he is the reason why Hope Uzodimma is a governor. So, for Wike to carry ds VAT matter there...lol...excuse me for not having an iota of faith in the "supreme" court.

garfield1:


Wike is overreaching himself.by asking for a new appeal panel,he will definitely lose the case.he must have tried bribing them and failed

ourema:
Apart from this current case the Rivers State governor performance is below that of his predecessor Amaechi.

Employment his rating is below the previous government,
Workers promotion and Pensioner gratuity is very poor

Terrence99:


VAT replaced sales tax. Where do you see central governments fighting for sales taxes?

FIRS can keep fooling itself, it can never win this case. Let me tell you something. Once Supreme court upholds the judgment of the Federal High Court, FIRS is castrated. Lagos previously took up this matter and won at the High Court and Court of Appeal.

Now, the FG fixed VAT at 7.5%. Lagos will fix its own at probably 7% or 6.5%. Rivers can fix its own at 7% or even 5%. Let the FIRS go looking for fools that will abandon 5% and pay 7.5%.

AmazingELixir:


Young man why don't you go get yourself a life...right from the time of the rivers gubernatorial elections to date you're still grieving the lose of your candidate.

Don't gaan die on Wike's matter....he doesn't even know if you exist

garfield1:

I tried explaining this to you na yesterday.status quo means firs still collecting it because even after the state laws,States didn't start collecting it

Validated:
Ghen ghen ... Wike, a man with big hairy "steel" balls

Iliya1520:


Thank god Islam has schools, and he attended It. What is so-called cristianity who no get school? They depend on only western education and only believe on it.

garfield1:


Stop saying what you dont know.there is nothing like sales tax in nigeria,it is vat and the fg has a law called vat act.the fg is clever that is why it changed it to vat...

Now,only the high court has ruled on this matter.it just got to the appeal court,the appeal court did not make a final ruling.they simply said that while the case is going on,firs will continue collecting vat.the final matter has not been decided.this is just a motion.be guided,stop talking carelessly.lagos has never taken this case to court before,only rivers did.behave yourself son

garfield1:


Apc is taking rivers 2023 boy

AntiBMC:
Hmm. The same court presided over by Tanko Muhammad, an illiterate who only went to Islamic school? Lol.

This is a man that was specially handpicked by the FG (Fulani govt), to do their bidding. He is the reason why Bulhari is president, he is the reason why Hope Uzodimma is a governor. So, for Wike to carry ds VAT matter there...lol...excuse me for not having an iota of faith in the "supreme" court.

garfield1:
That is not true sir.the vat act specifically empowers the firs to collect vat.perhaps,you should go through the vat act.even rivers is not questioning this.what they are saying is that the fg lacks powers to collect taxes that are not on item 58 and 59 of the constitution like sales tax,withholding tax,tertiary education tax,nitda,tax...but the same constitution never empowered the states to collect this same taxes.now,an act of the national assembly called the vat act has empowered the fg to collect vat.the vat laws of lagos and rivers cannot supersede the vat act....
Some others argue that vat is in the concurrent list and in the concurrent list,same fg has an advantage in conflicting items...
Even if we go by your claims that states collect on behalf of the fg,it means the fg has the deciding authority and can decide to delegate anyone other than states' to collect it.

This case is a delicate case.for the sake of peace,let firs continue collecting vat...worst case scenario,the share of states like lagos,rivers,kaduna,fct will increase

The Court also noted that the provisions of Item 7(a) and (b) of Part II of the Second Schedule of the Constitution do not extend the legislative competence of the National Assembly beyond capital gains, incomes or profits of persons other than companies, and documents or transactions by way of stamp duties. Therefore, the National Assembly lacks the power to enact any law to impose any form of sales tax, including VAT, and any other tax outside of those specifically mentioned in Item 7(a) and (b) of Part II of the Second Schedule of the Constitution...

garfield1:


Apc is taking rivers 2023 boy