The Enugu State has concluded plans to start taxing corpses in the mortuaries, according to news media, Coal City Connect (CCC).
To achieve this, the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service has issued a new directive implementing a mortuary tax.
“This taxation applies to corpses that are not buried within 24 hours of death,” CCC wrote on its official X account on Saturday as per a circular.
“The sum of ₦40 is to be paid daily by the owners of the corpse for each day it remains unburied.”
CCC added that mortuary attendants are instructed to ensure that payments are made before the collection of the corpse for burial and payments must be submitted to the state’s IGR account.
The introduction of this taxation is in line with Section 34 of the Birth, Deaths, and Burials Law Cap 15 of the Revised Laws of Enugu State 2004.
