{"id":1074005,"date":"2022-05-02T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T17:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/02\/e-levy-will-apply-to-your-tithes-telecomms-chamber-ceo-confirms\/"},"modified":"2022-05-02T17:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T17:31:15","slug":"e-levy-will-apply-to-your-tithes-telecomms-chamber-ceo-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/02\/e-levy-will-apply-to-your-tithes-telecomms-chamber-ceo-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"E-levy will apply to your tithes \u2013 Telecomms Chamber CEO confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-05-02-at-5.11.03-PM.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey,\u00a0has confirmed that the Electronic Transfer Levy (e-levy) will affect tithes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently as it is, your tithe, once you pay it via Mobile Money would attract the tax,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He made the comment on the\u00a0Super\u00a0Morning Show\u00a0on Monday, May 2, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This is in contrast to an earlier claim by the government.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Following an assertion made by the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, the government, through the\u00a0Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah refuted claims that the levy will apply to tithes and offerings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently as it, once you pay your tithes via mobile money, it will attract a tax\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr. Ashigbey has confirmed that the tax will apply to tithes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far as the law is concerned, you\u2019re paying from a personal account to a Corporate, i.e if the church is registered as a corporate. The law doesn\u2019t exempt Corporate Mobile Money, so it will still attract it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, \u201cyou are the person paying your tithe so the burden of the payment on the transfer is on you who is paying. The person paying apart from paying the tithe will have to pay government some taxes so far as the law is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>He, thus, called for government to hold more engagements with other stakeholders in order to identify the loopholes in the implementation of the policy and address them.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"liH4977vZc8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam On Adom TV (2-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/liH4977vZc8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey,\u00a0has confirmed that the Electronic Transfer Levy (e-levy) will affect tithes. \u201cCurrently as it is, your tithe, once you pay it via Mobile Money would attract the tax,\u201d he said. He made the comment on the\u00a0Super\u00a0Morning Show\u00a0on Monday, May 2, 2022. 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