The Enugu State government has introduced mortuary taxes, which it said is not to generate revenue but to discourage people from taking their dead ones to mortuaries.
In a circular, the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) approved the tax in line with the provisions of section 34 of the Birth, Deaths and Burials Law, Cap.
15 Revised Laws of Enugu State 2004.
However, ESIRS’ executive chairman, Emmanuel Nnamani, explained that the tax was not new to the state, adding that it was within the Enugu State Mortuary Tax Law, which had been in existence for years.
“It is an indirect tax paid by mortuary owners, not deceased family, and it is just N40, not N40,000...
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