₦airaland Forum

••ABUJA RESIDENTS NOW PAY 12.5 PERCENT CONSUMPTION TAX

The Federal Capital Administration has introduced a curious five percent consumption tax in Abuja.

This brings to 12.5 percent of consumption tax that consumers pay whenever they pick up items in restaurants, bars, clubs and hotels.

Investigation revealed that restaurants, eateries, fast food joints are charging a 5 percent consumption tax on food, drinks and other consumables in restaurants, hotels, eateries and others in Abuja.

Many fun seekers and Abuja residents who besieged the eateries were alarmed to discover that the operators were imposing 12.5 percent tax of total items bought.

The restaurants operators are claiming that the tax which they termed ‘entertainment tax’ was approved by the FCT administration.

While many were alarmed at the shocking imposition of what they consider a secret tax, the grudgingly picked their bills and left.

Surprising a highly placed officer in the FCT Internally Revenue Service confirmed the imposition on the new tax to our correspondent.

The source who didn’t want his name to be quoted argued that while the tax is being newly imposed, the law has has been there for long.

The source stressed the FCT IRS authorized the payment of the new tax described as “entertainment law.”

The source said, “Actually, the law has always been there. Entertainment tax is what we call that law. We charge 5 percent on consumption on hotels and restaurants and what a have you. It goes to the consumers. We have not been implementing it. We just started implementing of recent.

“Even recently, to be precise, we had a press conference last week where the chairman spoke about it. We have started the campaign to educate people about it. So they are actually right.

“It is not all the restaurants, we classified the restaurants. We are talking about the hotels and restaurants.

“We are actually implementing entertainment tax. The FCT IRS is collecting mandated to implement it.” The source said

Our correspondent made efforts to the Head of FCT-IRS Corporate Communications, Mr Mustapha Sumaila, but the calls to his mobile telephone line did not connect.

https://theabujainquirer.com/2024/12/19/well-enforce-entertainment-tax-on-clubs-hotels-in-abuja-fct-irs/

That's assumed to be for the rich who have money to spray around

Good

K

Tinubu really prepared to make sure Nigerians pay dearly with their blood for every penny he spent both in sponsoring Buhari and in his Presidential campaign

A MUST WATCH 💯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRc91bcSags?si=ennYOv1z1IIGXGRK

Very commendable for a start.

It should gradually be increased to 30 or 40 percent.


Then they should create a red light district for them,

Same thing should apply to any eatery that sells sachet alcohol

Nobody should complain.
If you know you can't stay or live in Abuja,better relocate.

Abuja is not for the poor,just like almost every country's capital all-over the world

tiswell:
Nobody should complain.
If you know you can't stay or live in Abuja,better relocate.

Abuja is not for the poor,just like almost every country's capital all-over the world

You guys must support everything. Every citizen of Nigeria has the freedom and right to live anywhere in the country legally. And poor people shouldn't buy food at a fancy restaurant, I suppose?

Good one.

People are clubbing and drinking too much everyday.

U will be eating ur vegetable soup with goat meat and Amstel Malt gegely(4k)..... Meanwhile one idiot who has consumed 6 bottles of Heineken (6k) will be hailing u as if u are Wike.

In his mind u have plenty money to be eating food of 4k.

In my mind be must be a fool to consume 6 bottles of Heineken without thinking of how he will eat afterwards..

We will all learn with the kind of choices we make

More money for Wike to embezzle. As the land stealing don dey generate more controversy

Arostar2023:
You guys must support everything.

He is right. Abuja is not for everyone.
Same way Texas, California or ney York isn't for everyone.




People are clubbing and drinking too much everyday in Abuja.

U will be eating ur vegetable soup with goat meat and Amstel Malt gegely(4k)..... Meanwhile one idiot who has consumed 6 bottles of Heineken (6k) will be hailing u as if u are Wike.

In his mind u have plenty money to be eating food of 4k.

In my mind be must be a fool to consume 6 bottles of Heineken without thinking of how he will eat afterwards..

We will all learn with the kind of choices we make

tiswell:
Nobody should complain.
If you know you can't stay or live in Abuja,better relocate.

Abuja is not for the poor,just like almost every country's capital all-over the world

Do you live in Abuja?

Have you been to "almost every country's capital all-over the world"?

Toh

Money dey Abuja now

blowjohn:
He is right. Abuja is not for everyone.
Same way Texas, California or ney York isn't for everyone.




People are clubbing and drinking too much everyday in Abuja.

U will be eating ur vegetable soup with goat meat and Amstel Malt gegely(4k)..... Meanwhile one idiot who has consumed 6 bottles of Heineken (6k) will be hailing u as if u are Wike.

In his mind u have plenty money to be eating food of 4k.

In my mind be must be a fool to consume 6 bottles of Heineken without thinking of how he will eat afterwards..

We will all learn with the kind of choices we make

Is it your money? They way you guys reason is just beyond imagination!

Why are they not taxing all the mansions in the high brow arears in the country? Thats the kind of things to tax.

Arostar2023:
Is it your money? They way you guys reason is just beyond imagination!

More money more problems

More spending more tax

By the time APC will finish with you guys,You all will be applying for visa to Somalia

lexy2014:
Do you live in Abuja?

Have you been to "almost every country's capital all-over the world"?

He is right.

Abuja is not benin or ibadan or zamfara or abia or cross river

Hmm nawaoooh

tiswell:
Nobody should complain.
If you know you can't stay or live in Abuja,better relocate.

Abuja is not for the poor,just like almost every country's capital all-over the world

Your ability to live in a place shouldn't be dettered by taxes of no impact and unreasonable one for that matter, you can't come up and say Abuja is half as developed as Lagos and if this tax only applicable within Abuja.. Don't you see what is wrong with the whole system??

If u earn 200k in Abuja and your choice is eating at restaurants and aside from 7.5 percent which is 375 naira of 5k topping that with another 5% which makes it total 12.5% amounting to 625naira of 5k and for what

If you've seen this government, you'd know that their trick is to milk u dry and when eventually the provide satchet water you'd see it as gold. By then you'd sing their praises

I pity anyone supporting Tinubu’s tax bills
It’s a money grab that won’t be used for development

I knew that news about a Nigerian in America getting his salary slashed by tax was just to justify something that was upcoming.

Arostar2023:
You guys must support everything. Every citizen of Nigeria has the freedom and right to live anywhere in the country legally. And poor people shouldn't buy food at a fancy restaurant, I suppose?

Are you surprised at his shallow level of reasoning? This is coming from someone who has never stepped his foot outside of this country.

Tax tax and tax. The national anthem of Tinubu.

I see Lagos following suit.

This I have seen.

This is the Christmas with the lowest number of fun seekers I have seen in Abuja in recent times. Some of you slow thinking beings feel Wike is right in anything he does. No city anywhere in the world is entirely made up of rich people, not even Manhattan in New York

All those people that go to club in Abuja and spend N12m in nightclub should stop posting the receipt on social media

Meanwhile in canada their govt paused consumption tax on foodstuff and food sold in restaurants till February. Chai nigerians dey suffer

tiswell:
Nobody should complain.
If you know you can't stay or live in Abuja,better relocate.

Abuja is not for the poor,just like almost every country's capital all-over the world

Keep quiet zombie
Its always the negative sides of the so called other capitals that you people always copy and defend.

Nonsense

blowjohn:
He is right.

Abuja is not benin or ibadan or zamfara or abia or cross river

Ok

How does that answer my questions?