The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has sealed 12 petroleum products retail outlets in different parts of the metropolis over alleged tax evasion.
Assistant Legal Adviser, Afolashade Afolayan said the outlets allegedly owed the state government a sum of N4.8 million.
Afolayan said the amount was what the operators failed to remit into government coffers between 2006 and 2008.
According to her, government also sealed the premises of six travel agencies for allegedly owing N4.5 million.
Afolayan told Newsmen who accompanied the team, that the government sealed the firms as a last resort to get its revenue.
She said government took the step after notices to the firms failed and urged firms and individuals yet to remit their taxes to government to pay and avoid being visited by the enforcement team.
The firms were sealed under the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue Law, Section 104, Cap 8, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
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