The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has revealed that commercial sex workers, commonly referred to as ‘runs girls’, will now be required to pay taxes.
According to Oyedele, offering sexual services in exchange for payment qualifies as a form of service, and as such, is subject to taxation under the law.
He said: “If somebody is doing runs girls (sex worker), right, they go and look for men to sleep with. You know that’s a service. They will pay tax on it.”
“It just asks you whether you have an income. ‘Did you get it from rendering a service or providing a good?’ Then, you pay tax.”
“You earn a certain amount of money and you have to send upkeep to your cousin, your brother, even a stranger, it doesn’t really matter.”
“If the amount you are sending is money you are giving to them not because they have done something for you, then it is a gift. We call it a non-exchange transaction. That is not taxable.”
Oyedele, made the revelation during an engagement session at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David, Lagos.
