Kano Govt. plans to prosecute tax defaulters in 2025- Official
The Kano State Government says it plans to prosecute tax defaulters in 2025,as part of a major reforms in tax administration.
This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the governor, Malam Sanusi Bature in Kano on Saturday.
Bature said that the Executive Chairman of Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS), Dr. Zaid Abubakar, said this at a presentation to Gov. Abba Yusuf at the ongoing High-Level Retreat for top government officials in Kaduna.
Abubakar said the reform was not aimed at increasing taxes but improving the efficiency of tax collection and ensuring compliance with tax regulations.
He said that the government had projected to generate over N20 billion revenue in each quarter of 2025.
Yusuf had removed from office the immediate past chairman of the revenue service and appointed a new management structure.
The action according to Bature, had significantly improved the agency’s performance in the third and fourth quarters of 2024.
He said that the governor also plans to commission a new model for tax collection in the state to ensure effective reforms in revenue generation.
The model, he said, was expected to substantially increase revenue generation for the 2025 fiscal year, thus enabling the administration to fulfill its campaign promises across various critical sectors of development.
