Tax Debt: FIRS Shuts DN Meyer, Morrison, Others
In continuation of its crackdown on tax-owing companies, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sealed off the premises of DN Meyer Plc, Morrison Industries Plc and seven other companies in Lagos.
The enforcement exercise, which ran from Monday through Wednesday, also affected Grizi Nigeria Limited, African Paints Nigeria Limited, Congas Oil, J. Irorun Enterprises and Kesley Greene Nigeria Limited.
It was gathered that DN Meyer’s office, located at 34, Mobolaji Johnson Road, Oregun, was shut over a tax debt of N54.6 million.
The FIRS enforcement team, led by Mrs. Ruth Mandeun, also sealed off the office of Congas Oil, located on the same street with DN Meyer, over tax liabilities of N24.2 million.
The office of Morrison Industries Plc was shut over the company’s tax debt of N19, 813, 450.80. African Paints Nigeria Limited suffered a similar fate over its N11, 146, 453.57 liabilities.
At the premises of Grizi Nigeria Limited, located at Industrial Estate in Oregun, the team shut the administrative building of the company, which owes N11, 351, 640.30 in Company Income Tax.
J. Irorun Enterprises Nigeria Limited, with a tax debt of N11.59million; Kelsey Greene Nigeria Limited, owing N4.325 million; Persus Ventures Nigeria Limited, with a debt of N40, 831, 878. 00; and Best Aluminium Limited, with liabilities totalling N21, 565, 728, were also shut.
