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Tax Reform Bills: I expected Lagos, Rivers State to fight the bill, not Northern states — Oyedele

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Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele said he expected the pushback on the tax reform bill to come from Lagos and Rivers State and the others. ...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE ...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE

According to him, the people fighting the bill are the ones they were trying to protect.

During an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday, December 4, he said expected the resistance to come these two states that are likely to be more affected.

The chairman expressed disappointment over the rejection of tax reform bills, adding that the push-back was not expected from those opposing it.|GOD WILL JUDGE THEM: 18+ SEE. VIRAL VIDEO. HOW BOKO. HARAM. $L4UGHTERED. HUMAN .BEINGS LIKE. CHICKENS|.

“We had not envisaged that there was going to be push-back from the other states. We thought the push-back would come from Lagos mostly, maybe a little from Rivers.

“It’s almost like we ended up with the people we are fighting for are now fighting us.”

Oyedele noted that VAT derivation was sensitive for states due to its difference from oil and gas derivation, based on production.|GOD WILL JUDGE THEM: 18+ SEE. VIRAL VIDEO. HOW BOKO. HARAM. $L4UGHTERED. HUMAN .BEINGS LIKE. CHICKENS|.

Oyedele, who noted the Federal Government’s proposal aligned with the provision of the constitution, said: “VAT derivation. I think that word is sensitive because people think about where it’s based on production.

“If they’re not producing crude oil, you don’t get any part of that derivation.

“Whereas for VAT, every state consumes. If you share anything based on VAT derivation, everyone gets something from it.

“The Constitution, with respect to stamp duty, under Section 163, should be shared based on derivation. So what we are proposing is not strange to our constitution.

“When it comes to matters of tax generation, we must recognise where they’re being generated otherwise we end up in a situation where one state will get a supreme court judgment.”.…Read -T.he.Full_Article.Here.

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