Mbah okays bill to create one-stop shop for taxation in Enugu

• Ends multiple taxation

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has signed into law the bill to create a one-stop shop for tax collection and administration in the state, thereby ending multiple taxation.

Entitled: Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (Establishment and Consolidation of Revenue Administration) Law, 2025, the new legislation also makes the revenue collection agency autonomous and free of bureaucratic encumbrances.

Speaking at the bill signing ceremony at the Government House, Enugu, yesterday, Mbah described the law as a milestone in his administration’s quest to enable the ease of doing business, making the state the premier destination for investment.

He said: “I recall that several times I have engaged the business community, the organised private sector, and the market women, they have always complained of multiple taxation. People come from everywhere with different types of government receipts to ask them to pay taxes. That will end today.

“With the signing of this bill into law, we now have one revenue collection point, whether for the market women, the organised private sector, and the different agencies of government. You would have one clear point to pay your tax, and you will be issued the appropriate receipt of payment. That means you no longer have any other person coming for the collection of tax.”

According to the governor, the new law would effectively consolidate the revenues of the state and local councils, with each tier of government getting what is due to it as obtainable in land charges and Value Added Tax (VAT).

Mbah noted that the idea is to have one point of collection, while the split is also done to the different tiers of government that this revenue is essentially due to.