The Government of Rivers State has described as “weird and unfounded”, claims that it has concluded plans to start taxing churches in the State.
According to him, “We have been hearing in some quarters that I said Rivers state government wants to tax churches. It’s been on some news and soft-sell papers. Such a report is erroneous in the sense that it didn’t capture all that I said. “What we said in RIRS is that church workers who earn income like any other income earner working elsewhere is liable to tax. Before it is mistaken to mean that Rivers government said churches should now be paying tax, it is important we clarify the issue.
“Take that out of the income earned for a period, that’s your taxable income.” Norteh further stressed that, “Rivers government is very concerned about the state of our national economy. So, in its tax policies, we try as hard as possible to make sure the burden is limited and lighter. For that reason, government gave tax amnesty at a point.
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