Multi-millionaire blogger, Linda Ikeji is in a battle with the Lagos Inland Revenue Service over an alleged tax evasion and it is authoritative.
It was gathered that all attempts to track down the blogger started about a month ago when the agency got information that the blogger has not been remitting necessary taxes to the state government but all attempts by the service were said to have been
frustrated.
A source informed that at a time she was to be served a notice of tax assessment, her father who was to receive the letter allegedly declined to do so saying she could not receive such a notice on behalf of Linda.
On the second occasion, the delivery man was turned back on the excuse that no individual known as Linda Ikeji was resident at the address traced to her business.
The agency however got their way last week as she was said to have been served at her new mansion in highbrow Banana Island while the inland revenue equally made a video and photo evidences to support the service.
A very reliable source at the tax office informed News of the People that checks conducted on the blogger revealed that she had only paid (N4,000) four thousand naira ever as tax to the state government.
At the moment LIRS is said to be requesting for her tax assessment of personal income with a caveat that failure to do so may compel them to proceed to court for a criminal proceedings.
A particular issue raised by a source was the withholding tax ought to have been paid to the state government on the 600 million naira property she recently acquired which may amount to about 30 million naira only.
It was hinted that if the blogger refuses to respond to the request of the inland revenue, the agency shall be forced to drag her to court to face the music.
When the blogger was contacted on the issue by this medium, she neither responded non acknowledged the message sent to her.

http://www.newsofthepeople-ng.com/blogger-linda-ikeji-in-trouble-with-lirs/

Hehehe... why is she running? After flaunting her house all over social media, and conducting thanksgiving online for her fortune, which she claims did not come from the hand of any man??

As usual, how else would the budget be funded if not from the tax from alaba, ladipo and igbo businesses

kettykings:
As usual, how else would the budget be funded if not from the tax from alaba, ladipo and igbo businesses

You are very silly! Where else should the govt fund the budget if not from taxes! Those you mentioned pays minimum tax since their books are not open. Traders generally contributes the least to IGR in any state as most of them are tax averse.
I'm sure you live far away from Lagos to actually have an idea of where and how Lagos generates the IGR

Swear!!!..is that so? tell me more..

I don't know if this news is true but it's a welcome development. Linda is an amateur businesswoman. You don't advertise your wealth out in the open. Tax evasion is a criminal offense and offenders could be imprisoned. Guess her enemies are at work and want her out of the blogging business

Boss13:
I don't know if this news is true but it's a welcome development. Linda is an amateur businesswoman. You don't advertise your wealth out in the open. Tax evasion is a criminal offense and offenders could be imprisoned. Guess her enemies are at work and want her out of the blogging business

There is no enemy here!
She flaunted her wealth and the govt realised that she has either not been performing her civic duty or not doing enough going by the value of her property.

Eledan:

You are very silly! Where else should the govt fund the budget if not from taxes! Those you mentioned pays minimum tax since their books are not open. Traders generally contributes the least to IGR in any state as most of them are tax averse.
I'm sure you live far away from Lagos to actually have an idea of where and how Lagos generates the IGR

Lol. Don't mind the guy. Onitsha and Aba wey get the 'biggest markets in Africa' , why their states' IGR no even reach 1/10 of Lagos own? Abeg wetin be their IGR again?

kettykings:
As usual, how else would the budget be funded if not from the tax from alaba, ladipo and igbo businesses

Why reduce this thread to an Alaba & Igbo business issue? Are you saying those are the only people liable to pay tax in Lagos State? The taxation law is not concerned about your ancestral background or which ethnic group you come from.

Kindly note: Linda Ikeji is a Nigerian blogger. It is compulsory to pay tax on any income earned, as well as on existing assets. So are you saying she is being unfairly targeted to pay her tax, as your comment is rather baffling.

Land Use Charge is a tax levied against properties in Lagos State. Any default leads to a penalty. It does not matter if you are Ijaw, Hausa, Yakurr, Kanuri, Igbo, Gwari, Efik, Bachama, Esan, Tiv, Yoruba, Nupe, Annang, Ibibio etc, once you own a property in Lagos State, it is compulsory that you pay that tax called Land Use Charge. There is also the PAYE TAX, which is an income tax. When she was splashing details of her property online, wasn't she aware that everyone was reading it, including the tax man?

The chickens have come home to roost!

Eledan:

There is no enemy here!
She flaunted her wealth and the govt realised that she has either not been performing her civic duty or not doing enough going by the value of her property.

Help me tell them the facts, jare!

OZAOEKPE:
Buhari MAKA WHY

Why are you such an unserious fellow? Hopefully your real life is completely different from the image you portray on this forum.

Agbereo govt by agberoes for their lazy parasitic Agbereos

Eledan:

You are very silly! Where else should the govt fund the budget if not from taxes! Those you mentioned pays minimum tax since their books are not open. Traders generally contributes the least to IGR in any state as most of them are tax averse.
I'm sure you live far away from Lagos to actually have an idea of where and how Lagos generates the IGR

You are even more sillier, if you don't realize that targeting people of a particular origin for your internal revenue at a time you like and claiming that the are invading your region makes you a classic hypocrite.
How many times has the Lagos government ever gone to generate revenue from tailors, omonile, agbo sellers.

The same people who few weeks ago were shedding crocodile tears about igbos invading their regions are now the most vocal opposition against igbo seccession to the extent that biafra promotion was even banned in nairaland.

You folks are a bunch very funny jokers and unserious folks.

@ mods congratulations if I am not banned for saying the fact the way it is.

kettykings:


You are even more sillier, if you don't realize that targeting people of a particular origin for your internal revenue at a time you like and claiming that the are invading your region makes you a classic hypocrite.
How many times has the Lagos government ever gone to generate revenue from tailors, omonile, agbo sellers.

The same people who few weeks ago were shedding crocodile tears about igbos invading their regions are now the most vocal opposition against igbo seccession to the extent that biafra promotion was even banned in nairaland.

You folks are a bunch very funny jokers and unserious folks.

@ mods congratulations if I am not banned for saying the fact the way it is.

You are irremediably gone far into bigotry
She can relocate to her village and be blogging there if Lagos is choking her with the tax policy
Congratulations

kettykings:


You are even more sillier, if you don't realize that targeting people of a particular origin for your internal revenue at a time you like and claiming that the are invading your region makes you a classic hypocrite.
How many times has the Lagos government ever gone to generate revenue from tailors, omonile, agbo sellers.

The same people who few weeks ago were shedding crocodile tears about igbos invading their regions are now the most vocal opposition against igbo seccession to the extent that biafra promotion was even banned in nairaland.

You folks are a bunch very funny jokers and unserious folks.

@ mods congratulations if I am not banned for saying the fact the way it is.

Guy Mechionu there coz you are not making sense. If your people don't wanna get taxed by Lagos state Govt. they should move to Onitsha or wherever in the East. Kapish! How much is their contribution sef? ? I mean, are you saying the traders in Onitsha and Aba, the "biggest markets in Africa", are so useless that they can't generate enough revenue for their respective states to match what Lagos supposedly makes from your traders? Use your brain, boy! You're too sentimental.

so ppl pay tax for bloggin? how many bloggers do pay tax? abeg make una free linda jare... d only tax she needs to pay is d one for d purchase of her house. no blogger in Nigeria pay tax. linda cant be made a scapegoat. Nigerians and bad belle

A particular issue raised by a source was the withholding tax ought to have been paid to the state government on the 600 million naira property she recently acquired which may amount to about 30 million naira only.

Oboy, Lagos state de vex o. But on a serious note, she's supposed to be paying her tax as a responsible citizen.

kettykings:
As usual, how else would the budget be funded if not from the tax from alaba, ladipo and igbo businesses

Yeah, the N4,000 tax that Linda has paid so far in her years of making millions is what is sustaining Lagos state.

kettykings:
As usual, how else would the budget be funded if not from the tax from alaba, ladipo and igbo businesses

so only igbos sell in Lagos ?


I Duff my boxers for your stupidity

seunmsg:


Yeah, the N4,000 tax that Linda has paid so far in her years of making millions is what is sustaining Lagos state.

can you imagine, just N4,000 all these years and the funny thing is she like everyone else will be complaining about development when we haven't paid tax, we are part of the problem. Before you flaunt your wealth better go settle your tax

BAD BELLE PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO BRING HER DOWN, BUT GOD WONT ALLOW IT.

seun u are next
small by by small social media bill don dey come

how then did the lagos govt actually give her a C of O or R of O without actually collecting tax on the said property and why is this on paper or the intrenet i smell the APC govt are up to something sinister. apc trying to gag press fredom.

One Goat will Blame APC and Buhari

Another goat will claim witch hunt


But eventually , those who play the blame game usually get what they deserve

kettykings:
As usual, how else would the budget be funded if not from the tax from alaba, ladipo and igbo businesses

When I read this post, I felt like throwing up. Gosh!! How did we come about people like this in this country?? Is Nigeria cursed or something??

Even though I doubt the authenticity of this news due to the source, I ask, is LI supposed to be above the law and exempt from her duties as a citizen of this country and a business woman in Lagos because "she's Igbo"??

People who visit her are drawn from many tribes, Yorubas inclusive. They help to give her the traffic which makes businesses [want to] advertise on her blog thereby helping her make money. But suddenly, when the government comes after her for tax evasion, it becomes a "Yoruba vendetta".

How could an issue of tax evasion be reduced to a tribal thing??

God forbid!! Tufia!!

Honestly Linda jst created more enemies and problems for her self. Now all eyes is on her Haba! Who even advised her on such move of showing her wealth publicly like that. The other day is Dasuki today Lagos government on tax which will definitely not be business as usual may be b4 they jst feel she was jst trying to survive with the Blogging thing bt now dey have seen that they can get good money out from her. Tomorrow who knows they might send EFCC. I jst pray she learns from all these.

seunmsg:


Yeah, the N4,000 tax that Linda has paid so far in her years of making millions is what is sustaining Lagos state.

It breaks my heart reading some posts on this forum honestly. How could a normal human being possibly reason the way some of these guys do?? Haba?? Dem curse dem??

All muscles on linda, All dumb on fuel scarcity.....

Does linda have a physical office in lagos?
Or does she only exist online?
Are there Laws in our constitution as regards internet concerns?
Does Lagos state have exclusive taxation rights on Nigerian cyberspace?

Dalu nu ooo!

Edited : I forgot income tax policy, you pay that where ever you reside..

All she need to do is seduce and sleep with ambode and lagos gov willnot only drop charges but give her another banana house

kettykings:
As usual, how else would the budget be funded if not from the tax from alaba, ladipo and igbo businesses

What sort of tribally depraved reasoning is this?... Oh dear! Who will deliver my people from this psychological affliction?

Lobatan