All adults in Plateau state would be mandated to pay a development tax of 300 naira annually starting from 2022.
This, according to the Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service, Dashe Arlat, is to enable the state meet its 2022 internally-generated revenue target.
Apart from that, banks and construction companies would also pay the development tax and efforts would also be intensified to collect consumption tax from persons lodging and spending money in hotels and other accommodation outlets in the State.
Arlat, while speaking with journalists in his office in Jos, stressed that the State has the potential to realize “between N3.5bn to N5bn monthly if everyone comes on board.
“From January to November 2021, a total of N20,060,219,702.16 was received as IGR, based on our assessment, Plateau has the potential to get between N3.5bn to N5bn monthly as against our initial target of N2bn per month,” he said.
Arlat, who gave a breakdown of IGR accrued to the State between January to November 2021, maintained more efforts would be deployed to accrue more funds to the State in the coming year