Southern govs back state collection of VAT, laud anti-grazing law progress

    The Southern Governors Forum has expressed support for the collection of the Value Added Tax by states. The governors made their positions known on Thursday, during their meeting in Enugu on Thursday. The disagreement over VAT started last month when the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, in a judgment in suit number FHC/PH/CS/149/2020, held that the Rivers State Government had the powers to collect VAT within its territory. Although Rivers and Lagos states have started the process of collecting VAT within their territories, the Court of Appeal in a ruling on September 10 stopped the collection

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