 Following the current economic reality in the country, river state tax and justice governance in collaboration with her esteemed partners, stakeholders, democracy network SDN and all other financial institutions in the state has called on the river state government to issue and demand for both policy and administrative reforms that will usher in a fairer and more progressive tax regime, including rates at local government levels that will facilitate ease of doing business in the state. The coalition made this known in a press briefing in Port Harcourt, the river state capital. In his speech, chairman of the river state tax justice governance, Kelechi Amici, explained that part of the mandate of the organization was to see that the issue of double taxation was eliminated from the state. We are constrained to draw the attention of the river state government to this critical issue and demand for both policy and administrative reforms that will usher in a fairer and more progressive tax regime, including rates at the local government level that will facilitate the ease of doing business in river states. We are committed to supporting the tax reform process in river states and therefore make the following recommendations. One, harmonize tax collection system. Two, improve on digitization of tax payment process. Three, eliminate and criminalize multiple and nuisance taxation. Four, scale up ease of doing business. Finally, the state government should review, categorize and enumerate all informal sector businesses, identify and devise effective means of periodically engaging with the leadership of all professional and trade bodies. Representatives from other civil society organizations also urged the government to regulate tax collections and create a suitable environment for businesses in the state. All taxes should be clustered, both state and local government taxes and a joint team of state and local government revenue officials should be set up to drive this process of tax collection. The state government come up with a way and manner to collect the tax in which it can be paid once, but the business owner should not be killed with Tom DeKanghari coming up to collect one aspect of levy or tax at different times. They're also saying there should be proper digitization of the process, such that monies will go into the state coffers and not into the various hands of individuals who are all about on the streets trying to collect these taxes.