The Plateau State government has deployed technology to block leakages, as well harmonise its revenue collection to avert clashes between tax players and government officials over multiple taxation.
The Commissioner of Land and Survey, Yakubu Datti, who represented the Chairman, Harmonisation Subcommittee, Ibrahim Puri of the Plateau State Revenue Council, stated this at the Second Harmonisation stakeholders Engagement meeting in Jos, the state capital.
He added: “We need to address the issue of complaints on multiple taxation, multiple charges as well as multiple demands from different organisations, like LGAs’, MDA’s and ministries as well the stakeholders over their demands to taxpayers to pay for this and that.
“This engagement is specifically designed to harmonised all players involved to fall under one central pool of revenue collections, so that at the end of the day, it will reduced the tax on the tax payers, by making it easier for people, especially businesses to thrive.
“Also, what we are doing is to introduce technology into the area of tax collections and payment, so that payment can be done, using technology, instead of cash payment to block leakages as well as avert double taxation.’’
The Chairman, PSIRS, Arlat Dashe, solicited the cooperation and support from stakeholders to key on to the technology.
He said the mandate of the service is to collect revenue for the state government.
A consultant with Compliance Professionals PLC. Mr. Seun Efuntoye, demonstrated how the PIRAS works to achieve optimum revenue access and payment to the service with ease.
PIRAS is a ‘ Do-it-yourself’ application system, he added.
Efuntoye said tax could be paid through any of KUDI and Yello agents using PIRAS.