The Osun State Internal Revenue Service
has sealed the Administrative Complex
of the Obafemi Awolowo University
Teaching Hospital Complex ( OAUTHC ),
Ile -Ife , over unpaid Pay- As-You- Earn
( PAYE) taxes running into over N 3 .1
billion .
The government was granted an order to
seal the complex by an Osogbo High
Court after the expiration of a seven -
day ultimatum given to the hospital ’s
management to pay up.
It was learnt that OAUTHC has not
remitted taxes deducted from its staff
to the state in six years, from 2006 to
2011 .
The Chief Medical Director ( CMD) , Prof .
Sanya Adejuyigbe, and other
management staff could not access their
offices yesterday when The Nation
visited the hospital.
Workers , including the CMD , were seen
in groups discussing the matter .
Prof . Adejuyigbe said: “ Since the new tax
regime was introduced in 2005 , the
management is yet to implement it . We
are using the old tax rate for our
workers . Many of the staff affected by
the development have retired from
service. The new contributory pension
scheme makes the unpaid tax to be
bogus .
“ We urge the government to give us
more time to reconcile the old tax rate
with the new deduction . We cannot
afford to pay the outstanding once . We
should be allowed to spread the
payment over eight years. All what we
generate cannot settle the outstanding
amount . The money is not available. We
are hoping to put in place a tax
committee to open up dialogue with the
government and resolve the matter .”
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