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They even struggled to raise $3million for players let alone dish money for free.
you doubt the tax was paid?
Do you know for a fact that tax was paid? Stop the petty partisanship!
HELPLESSNESS, HOPELESSNESS & FEELING OF DESPONDENCY HAS GRIPPED MANY IN GHANA TODAY.
GHANA HAS BEEN RAPED BY THESE NDC IDIOTS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WE NEED A NATIONAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO PUT MAHAM ...
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Whenever I think of government agreeing to pay the players hard cash, I begin to think of asking my employer to pay my salaries 'on the table', i.e. pay me the hard cash without passing it through the bank.
After all, if ...
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They dont pay taxes in Ghana so they have no idea taxes are paid in Brazil. If it were Ghana they will go on demonstration to avoid paying the taxes.
CHOBOLOGY 1, 2 & 3!!!
Now everybody knowS how stupid Ghana President is, He gave $510,000.00 to Brazilian government as taxes with NO work done.
How DUMB MR. President. DID U TALK TO FINANCE MINISTER TEKPER ABOUT THE TAX I ...
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And how much was paid to charter a plane to carry the money. I am soooooooooo disappointed that I do not think it is work even having the team with the management. A least football is entertainment and UI will rather have the ...
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Shameless GFA. Put down your heads and cry till death.
what a shame. All of our leaders are corrupt and liers. It is just recently that the GFA President came out to say that GFA did not pay any 17 % Tax to Brazil. But if you calculate 17 % of 3M it makes 517000 Dollar which is e ...
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It shouldn't take Ghanaians a miracle to know by now that mahama is just a fool. Itemize all of mahama's promises, messages, statements and match it against his actions and you'll know that mahama is a very big fool!!!
I don't think NDC government plan and deliberate issues before taking a decision. This the most Financial blunder I have ever heard of. Brazilians financial community will laugh and make fun of uneducated NDC fools.
These ...
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We did not DONATE, STUPID AL HAJJ. WE LOST.
"LOSES" TO BRAZIL, NOT "DONATES" TO BRAZIL.
KWASEA!
Good story but wrong heading created for political reasons.
Once the government paid the players their appearance fees, the money no longer belonged to the government. The tax the players paid on their earnings has noth ...
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This is what happens when corrupt officials and illiterate players meet!
Who is this journalist? His English is appalling.
What a shame our officials and players did not know this before. It serves you right
What else do you expect from—?
*Some bush and kookoo-ase African players? Eventhough 22 out of the 23 players play abroad, yet the foolish African Negro mentality took hold of them by rejecting "electronic/bank" transfer ...
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What a shame! In the 21st centrury and a Govt sending physical cash by a chartered plane? Wow! Didn't the govt know every country has their own policies about receiving and sending money out of each country? Where were th ...
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Are the editors at Al-Hajj so slow?
Everyone in Ghana now knows that FIFA pays the taxes on player appearance fees to the host country. So no Ghanaian paid any fees to Brazil. Brazil would collect this tax from FIFA regardle ...
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Read the arcticle. The 17% is not about the appearance fees. It is a policy in Brazil to pay a tax on money being taken outside the country. Since each Black Star player received $100,000 in cash, they were subject to outflow ...
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We didn't pay taxes to Brazil from ‘airlifted’ US$3 million - GFA
So who is saying the truth?
Do you have money to give to Brazil, but none to pay your teachers and doctors?!! This simply makes you useless and stupid!
BAD LUCK PARTY NDC IS ALWAYS CAUSING CONFUSION.
Ghanaian stomach journalists and media houses are the main causes of panic, instability & misinformation within the public domain. Ghana did not donate money to the Brazilian government but rather the greedy plaing body, the ...
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If you take your 401k retirement money in America before you are 55 years it is taxed at 33%. Other countries have developed because they don't joke with their taxes
Nobody believes this blatant lie. Go away with your ignorant partisan rant!
Odi, so you don't know that countries charge taxes on huge incoming amounts? Which school did you attend? In Europe you will pay tax if the money is more than 12,000 dollars. The aim is to check inflation. Oh, JSS boy.
Ghana has been spiraling downwards since 1966 and anyone with doubt should look to societal structures and what have become acceptable social norms. Gone are the days when journalism required the best in society to report eve ...
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Fool, the $50 million was not spent on partirs but houses, rest stops, and cars were bought for the use by states. Ghana did not start going down the drain in 1966 but in 1963.
WITH THIS RECKLESS USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND CORRUPTION, ALAN KYEREMATEN WANTS OTHER PARTIES TO ADVICE JOHN MAHAMA ON THE ECONOMY. NO AMOUNT OF GOOD ECONOMIC ADVICE WILL STOP THE RECKLESS EXPENDITURE AND THE THIEVERY OF STATE ...
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Does Mahama have no principles, no ethics, no patriotism?
Nyantakyi was caught fiili-fiili on camera agreeing to plot to fix matches. He has brought unbearable disgrace and contempt on Ghana and its people. Yet the Preside ...
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Did the Al-hajj listen to Kwesi Nyantakyi yesterday? Ghana was not made to pay anything
Even the Black Stars do not trust the management and you believe what GFA tells you?
I appeal to the minority in parliament to demand the firing of the GFA executives who were responsible for Ghana's participation in Brazil, especially Nyantakyi who has brought great shame and ridicule on Ghana with his parti ...
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We are now being told that FIFA pays the prize money after the tournament. So, whose decision was it that the prize money to the Black Stars players and officials should be paid before FIFA releases the funds? Whoever took th ...
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Brazil will give it back to us a loan and we will pay interest on it because we are ruled by morons.
yentie obiaa!
No we are not ruled by morons, we are morons. We chose our leaders!
"GFA have freely donated..." What a joke! Off course, GFA always freely donate money...Ghanaians "dash money"??...ha,ha,ha....
These two crook amigos should be fired right away. And Mahama should explain to Ghanaians why he broke the law by carrying $3m cash to Brazil. This willfully causing financial loss to the nation Ghana. Anybody involved in thi ...
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Dear spots minister, please do something about it. You’re gaining too much weight; the suit on you is looking more like a ladies blouse instead of a suite. You might say its good living and money but I see heart attack.
Present day politicians SUCKS.Talking and left their brains elsewhere?
Mr Truth,
17% of 3Million = 510.000 whci is just a little over 500.000 !
STOP IS STORIES. GFA FAILED TO PLAY THIER ROLL IN BRAZIL.PLS STOP THESE BLAME GAME AND QUIT YOUR POSITIONS. YOUR P.R.O.WOULD GO FAR. I WONDER WHY THESE GUYS SHOULD BE GIVEN PRIME TIME TO BLOW THEIR HORNS.KWESI AND KWESI JUST ...
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Not in Ghana. He can go and coach the French National team.
This is a story we all know. Stop publishing old stories that will infuriate the people.
Ghanaweb this is very foolish from a stupid journalist, politics as usual.
Kwaterekwa Brazil is helping Ghana through loans upon loans upon loans that is all we keep hearing about Ghana. When will our leaders stop these loans, aids and all these shameful begins and begins when we have all these ...
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I am surprise that the money was not used to settle Ghana International Airways refund. I don't think Mahama and his NDC government are taking the Ghana International Airways refund seriously. They should because it will come ...
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Please lets be clear about this, where is appearance fee coming from, FIFA or Ghana government?
Does it matter where it is coming from?
Ghana is suffering because of all these fools. Nkwaseafuo bi nti we are suffering.
This is about inernational currency transation? Those crying out so loud should have known the consequences for receiving the mone in Brazil. It is considered revenue earned in Brazil. If the GFA or the Minitry of Finance a ...
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Why are we doing this to our country
What a big mess. The sight of these two guys, the former sports minister and the GFA chairman irritates me. I never want to see them.
This is insane if the story is true. Do our leaders have their thinking faculties working.
Stupid administration
Stupid administrationoooooooo
DWAN M33M33 is a FOOL
BRAIN BLOCk mahama