The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service
(LIRS) has shut 18 hotels, restaurants and
event centers for failure to pay their taxes
due under the Hotel Occupancy and
Restaurant Consumption Laws of Lagos
State 2009.
The Hotels and Restaurants were said to be
owing the State a cumulative sum over
N91million.
The affected hotels include Starfire Hotels,
Ikeja; Zaaz Hotel Limited, Ikeja; Le Parisian
Suites, Opebi; Cottage Guest House Two,
Opebi; Suite 29, Ikeja; Bec Ind Catering
Company, Ikeja; Hotel De Jas, Oshodi;
Florida International Motel, Ajao Estate;
Atlantic Product Limited, Victoria Island;
Soul Centre, Okota and Taesuites Limited,
Ikoyi.
Others include Larex Hotels Limited,
Shomolu; Piccadily Suite, Lekki; D Yard
Entertainment, Surulere; Peaceland Hotels,
Yaba; Nufcam Hotel Limited, Ojodu Berger;
Posh Spice, Surulere and Cristabol Place,
Lekki.
The Director Legal Services of the LIRS, Mr.
Seyi Alade, on Friday during the state-wide
tax enforcement exercise, warned that
defaulting Hotels, Restaurants and Event
Centers would henceforth face the full
wrath of the law if they fail to deduct and
remit their taxes as provided by the law.
According to him, failure to deduct and
remit taxes as and when due attracts very
serious penalties that may lead to the
sealing and the seizure of the goods and
chattels of the affected entities.
He said the LIRS usually gives a long rope
by issuing multiple notices to the
taxpayers to inform and also remind them
of their tax liabilities adding that only
recalcitrant taxpayers are shut down as in
the present case.
He therefore urged all business entities
operating in the state to ensure prompt
remittance of their taxes to avoid the costly
disruptions that could be visited on their
businesses as a result of a distrain
exercise.
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