Plateau State To Start Taxing Native Doctors

The Plateau State Inland Revenue Service
(PSIRS) will start taking revenue from all
taxable adults, including native doctors, its
chief, Darshe Arlat has said.
Arlat told Daily Trust, on Sunday that the
service has engaged the services of a firm
to commence the enumeration of all taxable
adults through a bio-metric capturing, with
a target to locate and tax them.
The revenue chief said the enumeration will
target the informal sector, particularly
artisans, commercial drivers and their
conductors and peasants, as well as native
doctors.
The enumeration will be carried out in the
sectors of Commerce, Transport, Tourism,
Agriculture, Health and Education; all
aimed at harmonizing revenue collection.
He said the target will erase double and
multiple taxation in the state.
“By the time the service provider
commences work around the state, we shall
do away with multiple or double taxation,
which have usually been the complaints of
sizable number of tax payers,” he said.
He asked for the cooperation of artisans,
but warned the consequences of default are
dire.
He reminded defaulters of the existence of a
special tribunal to try and fine them.