In an interactive session with the leadership of business groups held at the Center for Democratic Research, the chairman of the state board of internal revenue, Sani Abdulkadir Dambo said payment of tax was not an option but a responsibility of law abiding persons.
Dambo said the state was aware that a conducive environment was needed for businesses to thrive adding that the authorities were doing all they could to ensure this.
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He advised the business men to exhibit shrewdness in their business dealings as it was not always about profit.
According to him, in the past there was an unsuccessful attempt to revive local industries which led to the borrowing of about N50bn by the state but such factories eventuially collapsed.
He said the board would ‘‘eliminate, simplify and streamline tax collection’’ to do away with the current multiple tax collection system from the state government, local government and federal government.
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