\ Enugu Taxes Dead Bodies: Sani Outraged
The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) recently dispatched a Mortuary Tax circular to all morticians operating in the state, announcing a ₦40 daily tax on each dead body.
The ESIRS’ directive aligned with the provisions of section 34 of the Birth, Deaths and Burials Law Cap 15 Revised Laws of Enugu State 2004.
“It is an indirect tax paid by mortuary owners, not deceased family and it is just N40, not N40,000. Since its introduction, nobody has been denied burying their dead ones. It means that if the corpse stays in the mortuary for 100 days, the mortuary is expected to pay the state a sum of N4,000,” Nnamani stressed.
“The tax is not meant to generate revenue but to discourage people from taking their dead ones to the mortuary all the time,” Nnamani stressed.
What are your thoughts on this new tax policy?
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