Ghana to impose tax on anointing oil, stickers, 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 .







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