Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue
Authority has revealed plans to impose taxes on anointing oil, stickers
and other merchandise sold by churches and pastors. Speaking with Joy
News, the internal revenue boss said that the only church revenues
exempted from the planned taxes are offering and tithes. He said, “The
man of God; is he not an individual? And is he not accountable to the
state for his tax obligations? There is an opportunity for us to look at
it.” He went to specifically say that the sticker of a popular pastor
in Ghana, Bishop Danel Obinim would be taxed accordingly because “it is
income to him (Obinim)?” The GRA has for months been considering a
review of taxable activities by churches. President Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo backs this plan for churches in the country to be taxed,
grounding his position on the fact that churches have now moved into the
realms of wealth creation and prosperity, rather than charity.Ghana announces plan to impose tax on anointing oil and other religious merchandise
Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue
Authority has revealed plans to impose taxes on anointing oil, stickers
and other merchandise sold by churches and pastors. Speaking with Joy
News, the internal revenue boss said that the only church revenues
exempted from the planned taxes are offering and tithes. He said, “The
man of God; is he not an individual? And is he not accountable to the
state for his tax obligations? There is an opportunity for us to look at
it.” He went to specifically say that the sticker of a popular pastor
in Ghana, Bishop Danel Obinim would be taxed accordingly because “it is
income to him (Obinim)?” The GRA has for months been considering a
review of taxable activities by churches. President Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo backs this plan for churches in the country to be taxed,
grounding his position on the fact that churches have now moved into the
realms of wealth creation and prosperity, rather than charity.
