Government’s move to widen its tax net to rake in more revenue is about to take a rather controversial turn as the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced its decision to tax churches which have turned their fellowships into money-making venture.
Commissioner General of the GRA Kofi Nti said Thursday the Authority will soon conduct investigations into activities of all churches in the country with the view to taxing them based on their level of business transactions.
TV3’s Business correspondent Nana Akua Aborampa reports the GRA has offered to pay informants 25 per cent of penalty against the churches that are hiding under fellowship to make money without paying taxes to the state.
“The Authority is conducting an investigation based on its own intelligence but has thrown word out to the public to work as informants who should report such churches who hide under fellowship to make money,” our correspondent reported
Source: 3news.com
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long over due. do it now.
And what will this government be using the said taxes for? To fuel their own lusts? The roads are still bad, hospitals are dysfunctional and people sleeping on bare floors, education system is in deep turmoil, suffering from whims of some people. Basics are lacking in the country, have been lacking since before before. The problem is not widening tax net ooooo tom. Accountability is!
It sounds good but for the umpteenth time, my plea is that governments should look out for more congenial ways to use these taxes profitably to benefit the needs of the people. We must pay taxes to help run the state but not to enrich some selected individuals!
I would be in support of all religious bodies paying taxes to alleviate the suffering of their own masses as a contribution of their social-corprate resposibilty. After all we demand such from businesses, why not from churches and mosques, which make more money than businesses in Ghana?