Drinking Alcohol in Akwa Ibom to be Taxed
The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Finance, Akan Okon, said consumption of alcohol in hotels and beer parlours in the state would now attract tax. Okon told journalists in Uyo on Saturday that people who consumed alcoholic drinks would begin to pay a token as tax. “Some people who lodge in hotels and consume alcohol will henceforth pay taxes to the state government. The focus is to look inward to see how the various opportunities that are available in the state can be harnessed to raise the Internally Generated Revenue(IGR). he said. (more…)
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