Do Ghanaian presidents pay taxes?

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• Kwame 9 years ago

  Leo L. Sam the U.S. which president you claim pays tax borrows a lot from China.
  Sam so it comes to past that even the country which president pays tax borrow from China more than what Ghana borrows around.

  Leo L. Sam the U.S. which president you claim pays tax borrows a lot from China.
  Sam so it comes to past that even the country which president pays tax borrow from China more than what Ghana borrows around.

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Hogwash, Kwame!
  
  Leo L. Sam has made the better Ghana-centered case.
  
  If members of a government do not pay income taxes, what moral authority do they have to expect other citizens to pay income tax?

  Hogwash, Kwame!
  
  Leo L. Sam has made the better Ghana-centered case.
  
  If members of a government do not pay income taxes, what moral authority do they have to expect other citizens to pay income tax?

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Leo L. Sam,
  You meant to say....
  
  "...NOW...permit the auditor-general to reveal the taxes paid by the following elected officials in 2015:
  
  1. The President
  2. The Vice President
  3. The Leader of the Opposition
  4. Th ...
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  Leo L. Sam,
  You meant to say....
  
  "...NOW...permit the auditor-general to reveal the taxes paid by the following elected officials in 2015:
  
  1. The President
  2. The Vice President
  3. The Leader of the Opposition
  4. The General Secretary of the Party in Power
  5. The General Secretary of the Party in Opposition
  6. Ministers in Government
  7.. Shadow Minister in Opposition
  8. Members of Parliament
  
  We'd ask for 2010-2015 so we know the trend also!
  
  Peace!

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• Kwame 9 years ago

  According to the 1992 constitution the president is not to pay tax. The Vice President pays tax as is stipulated by the constitution. A leader of the opposition pays tax from his private employment if he earns salary or inter ...
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  According to the 1992 constitution the president is not to pay tax. The Vice President pays tax as is stipulated by the constitution. A leader of the opposition pays tax from his private employment if he earns salary or interest from that. If a General Secretary of a party is paid salary above the minimum which he is supposed to pay tax, then that is done on behalf of him by the party, just like any employee in Ghana before he receives his salary. Minister in government as stipulated by the constitution pay tax on their salaries. However a shadow minister in any of the political parties must be in employment or be self employed before he or she, or receives salary from his party. All members of parliament pay tax which is deducted at source before their salaries are paid to them, also those who contribute to SSNIT will have the same deducted before they are paid. Prof. Lungu you wrote as a person who is so annoyed that drank hot water without caution.

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Kwame,
  Thanks for the info!
  
  But, why bring SSNIT into this one, if you are talking about taxes?
  
  Please know, still, that we've done quite a bit of work on this topic!
  
  Here...for instance...
  
  Feature Article of M ...
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  Kwame,
  Thanks for the info!
  
  But, why bring SSNIT into this one, if you are talking about taxes?
  
  Please know, still, that we've done quite a bit of work on this topic!
  
  Here...for instance...
  
  Feature Article of Monday, 20 July 2015
  Columnist: Lungu, Prof.
  
  Title: Monkey Dey Work, Amissah Attas Dey Chop!
  
  www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/Monkey-Dey-Work-Amissah-Attas-Dey-Chop-369570.
  
  Frankly, you probably should put your face to shame quoting and defending the wart-infested Rawlingsian Constitution with respect to this matter.
  
  To the point, you do not seem to get it...the moral (principles of right and wrong), citizenship (and shared/equal burden)!

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