CLICHES often find expression in some happenings in this nation. The more things change the more they remain the same. That was the position of French writer, John Baptiste Alphonse Karr in 1849. His words are very much alive in Nigeria today with uncanny accuracy.
“Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service, in the exercise of its powers vested in it by Section 104 of the Personal Income Tax Act, has sealed up the following masts due to the huge tax liabilities as established by Kaduna State and Urban Planning and Development Agency, KASUPDA,” said Zakari Mohammed, Head, Corporate Communications, KADIRS.
“Assuming there is any substance in the claim that an operator is owing the state or its agencies, the most honourable thing to do after duly writing them is to go to court. This uncivilised way of revenue drive which necessitates the disrupting of critical services like the one telcos render, should stop,” Adebayo said.
So from one simple word, taxation, has been added multiple taxation, arbitrary taxation, double taxation and many more, which all just coalesce into the amount of pressure that is brought on the telecommunications industry. For a country that plans its future on a digital economy, just like most forward looking countries of the world, such tax encumbrances and sundry levies like right of way, RoW, base station permits and environmental charges pose major impediments to growth and rollout of services.
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