Governor
of Upper River Region (URR), Fanta Samateh-Manneh has stressed the significance
of tax payment to government, encouraging
taxpayers not to allow the tax authority to apply the last option of
instituting legal action against them for failure to honour their tax
obligations.
In
a recent interview with The Point at her office in Basse, Mrs Samateh-Manneh
said tax should be every citizen’s concern, calling on people to endeavour to
be voluntary tax compliant.
“We
all believe that our economy depends on the payment of tax and its collection
should be a concern to every citizen. No country can develop without citizens’
payment of tax. We cannot go into any development in the absence of tax or even
to pay salaries,” she said.
She
also spoke on some of the numerous developments in her region that were
achieved through tax payment to the Area council, saying tax collection have
significantly improved in the region.
Governor
Samateh-Manneh said the tax authority has now taken a new dimension in tax
collection which is bringing lot of developmental activities in all the regions
in the country.
She
commended the Basse Area Council for bringing tremendous development to the
people, by providing facilities like water.
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