One of the ex-contemnors in the infamous ‘Montie 3’ case, Godwin Ako-Gunn has called watered-down the calls by a section of the public for the churches to pay tax.
The outspoken NDC Man described as a discriminatory for the church alone to pay tax, leaving the other religious bodies untaxed.
There have been several calls from a section of the public calling on the government to tax churches in the country because they are business entities.
President Nana Akufo-Addo speaking at a synod of the Global Evangelical church at the University of Ghana hinted that churches acquiring wealth could be taxed as he delivered stinging criticisms at some churches.
The President remarked that the church is becoming a pale shadow of what it used to be generations ago.
He observed that churches have shifted from charity to prosperity and said calls for churches and their leaders to be taxed are understandable.
“I am not getting into the merits and demerits of the prosperity gospel that appears to be the main theme for many of our present-day churches. The Good Lord knows I preach prosperity myself, and I do not want this country and its people to be poor, and I am very much for wealth creation”, he said.
But the Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), Rt. Rev. Dr. Seth Senyo Agidi has said that it will not make sense for government to tax churches.
The Chairman said it will be discriminatory for the government to tax churches and leave other organizations such as political parties that also raise funds to support their activities.
However commenting on the calls for the churches to pay tax on Cine Plus TV’s ‘Ghana Kasa’ on Monday, August 13 monitored by GhanaWeb, Ako Gunn called on the Ghana Revenue Authority to tax 'Antoa' Shrine if churches are supposed to pay tax in the country.
“If Ghana Revenue Authority wants to tax churches, then it should tax Antoa, tax Nogokpo, tax Mallams, tax any one who receives thanksgiving after praying for someone” the NDC Deputy National Communications Officer aspirant emphasized.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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will all mosques pay tax too
why can't people reason a little bit?
See his face like shatta wale's a$$
Seriously we just don't want any thing good for this nation...must we politicize and criticize everything? Ghana is the most stùpid country in the world trust me...i was in Rwanda recently and Botswana and you would realize how sïlly this country is...Ghanaians are not serious in anything other than fööling !!! I pity the future of this country if we can't reason
well-spoken. stay the course. fight the good fight for mother ghana. npp can't touch you. bawumia wants to use tax payer's money to fund muslims going to mecca to the tune of $1000.00 per pilgrim even though christians, the ones who build hospitals and schools, do not get any assistance from the government when they plan trips to Israel. this nonsenc must stop.