BLOGGER LINDA IKEJI IN THE NEWS AGAIN OVER ALLEGED TAX EVASION

Top blogger, Linda Ikeji is currently the subject of intense scrutiny from the Lagos Inland Revenue Service LIRS, over an alleged tax evasion.

It was gathered that all attempts to track down the blogger started about a month ago when the agency got information that the blogger has not been remitting necessary taxes to the state government but all attempts by the service were said to have been frustrated.

A source said that at a time she was to be served a notice of tax assessment, her father who was to receive the letter allegedly declined to do so saying she could not receive such a notice on behalf of his daughter.

On the second occasion, the delivery man was turned back on the excuse that no individual known as Linda Ikeji was resident at the address traced to her business.

The agency however got their way last week as she was said to have been served at her new mansion in highbrow Banana Island while the inland revenue equally made a video and photo evidences to support the service.

A very reliable source at the tax office informed News of the People that checks conducted on the blogger revealed that she had only paid four thousand naira (N4,000) ever as tax to the state government.

At the moment LIRS is said to be requesting for her tax assessment of personal income with a caveat that failure to do so may compel them to proceed to court for a criminal proceedings.

A particular issue raised by a source was the withholding tax ought to have been paid to the state government on the 600 million naira property she recently acquired which may amount to about 30 million naira only.

It was hinted that if the blogger refuses to respond to the request of the Inland Revenue, the agency shall be forced to drag her to court to face the music.

 When the blogger was contacted on the issue by this medium, she neither responded nor acknowledged the message sent to her.