Bayelsa Board of Internal Revenue, BIR, sealed off a
Chinese company, Hilong Oil Services and Engineering Company Limited over
alleged tax default of N109.5 million.
The enforcement team of BIR
comprising armed policemen and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence , NSCDC, sealed off the company’s premises located at Elebele, Ogbia
Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
Director of Compliance, BIR, Robert Lokoson, who led the
enforcement team, said the state government authorized the operation in order
to recover a tax debt of N109.5 million owed it by the company since 2013.
Lokoson said the operation was in
pursuant of Section 104 of the Personal Income Tax Law 2011, and an ex parte
order granted by the High Court of Bayelsa State.
According to him, after 14 days, if
there is no response from the company, the board will go back to court and
institute a case against them.
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