Celebrity food critic, Opeyemi Famakin, has shared his experience of receiving an N80 million tax bill from the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) after publicly disclosing his weekly income.
In an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, Famakin recounted how he received an email from LIRS within 48 hours of revealing his finances, which included an N9 million earning in a bad week. The tax authority billed him N80 million, which he claimed to have paid.
Famakin stated that he would no longer discuss his finances publicly, saying, “Two days after I mentioned my finances, LIRS sent me an email, they billed me N80 million, I paid it o. It was like play… However, I would never talk about my finances again.”