Popular Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has been given seven days by the Lagos State Government to pay the amount of N18,640,092.00 in personal income tax or face imprisonment.
The Lagos government accused the actress in a letter that it had delivered to her of owing N7,376,000.00 in past taxes for the year 2022 and N11,264,092 for the tax year 2021. Iyabo Ojo responded to the letter on Monday, criticizing the process employed to calculate the amount of the tax bill she claimed to have received.
Sharing the picture of the bill on her Instagram page, she said:
“@jidesanwoolu @lagosstategovt, please, how do you people come up with these outrageous personal income taxes you send on a daily basis?
“After paying for different types of taxes for one’s businesses, house & all…. you still come up with all this huge amount and give me 7 days to pay up, lol. “Last time, you people asked me to come to your office, I came, and you asked me to explain and declare what I earn, which I did with my tax consultant, but no you did not respond to my letter, because you want me to pay you an outrageous amount that I do not have, make I go thief ni? I ask again, ‘How do you people come up with such outrageous bills?’
“What have you people ever done for me as a government? NOTHING. Since you guys insist, You can gladly come and close down my business, arrest me, jail me, or kill me for all I care, we all will die one day.”
