Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame
Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in 2017 disclosed government’s intention to tax commercial activities of churches.
According to him, the law gives room for the taxation of activities of churches that operate for business.
He explained that “…even the current law in the country…warrants that we tax them [churches] for activities which are commercial or bother on trading or business.”
Read the full story originally published on November 23, 2017 by ClassFM.
Soon, all “commercial activities” of churches will be taxed, Deputy Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has said.
At a roundtable organised by the Kingdom Equip Network on Thursday, 23 November, Mr Dame told Accra-based Starr FM’s Mawuena Egbeta: “…The legal regime now provides for the taxation of activities of churches which essentially bother on business.”
“It is only in respect of activities which are charitable that churches are exempted from taxation,” he explained.
In his estimation, “…even the current law in the country…warrants that we tax them [churches] for activities which are commercial or bother on trading or business.”
