Tax Appeal Tribunal Resumes Sitting In Enugu  

Relief has come for aggrieved tax payers in the South East as the Tax Appeal Tribunal has resumed to resolve issues between authorities and complainants.

Chairman of the appeal tribunal,  Chukwuemeka Eze said the tribunal will sit for three years to resolves tax complaints.

The tribunal stopped sitting in June 2016 after the previous panel served out its term, until November 5, 2018 when the present one was reconstituted and inaugurated.

Eze assured litigants of speedy dispensation of matters, adding that the tribunal would be fair and ensure that justice is done in every appeal.

“We will be meeting one week in every month and the implication is that we want to do justice to appeals before us. Tax practice, taxation is a serious matter and considering that the country has taken a more profound look into the practice of taxation, import of taxation, impact of taxation and taxation as a tool for wealth creation and for sustainability of the economy.

“So, we cannot fail to ensure that we do our part in the chain because in taxation there are many aspects; there is tax administration, we have tax practices, we have taxation law but also have stakeholders, those who administer and those who pay. Usually in every human activitiy there is bound to be friction and our role is to ensure that we hold balance and interpret tax laws in such a way that justice should be done.

“My message is for all litigants and proposed litigants, not just tax payers by the fact that they are aware that this tribunal has not been sitting since June 2016 until now. My message now is let them know that we have commenced sitting and for the next three years we will be sitting every month.

“So those who have grievances,  with respect to assessment, demand notices from tax authorities or tax authorities who are also aggrieved by failure of tax payers to pay their taxes should approach us,” he said.