Anambra State Government said yesterday that residents and business owners owed N513.9billion as taxes to the state.
Dr. David Nzekwu, outgoing chairman of Anambra Internal Revenue Service (AIRS), disclosed this at a news conference in Awka.
He said the figure was a total of taxes owed by more than 2.1 million potential tax payers enrolled and uploaded on its digital database.
Nzekwu, who assumed office as chairman of AIRS in March 2018, said the IGR profile of Anambra grew from N17 billion per annum in 2018 to N30.9 billion as at the end of 2021.
