HOW ON EARTH WOULD GOVERNMENT ASK US TO PAY TAX- Assemblies of God Church

The Assemblies of God Church, Nigeria, has
described as embarrassing the listing of the
Church by the Federal Inland Revenue Service,
FIRS, as one of the tax defaulting companies.
It was gathered that the Government revenue
agency had listed the church alongside 19,901
other accounts that were yet to regularise their tax
status.
A statement it posted to that effect had read: “This
is to notify all Companies, which had their Bank
Accounts placed under Lien by the Federal Inland
Revenue Service (FIRS) pursuant to Section 31 of
the FIRS Act, but are yet to regularise their tax
status with the FIRS, that if they fail, refuse or
neglect to pay the tax due within 30 days of this
Notice, the FIRS shall in accordance with Section
49 (2) (a- d) of the FIRS Act proceed and enforce
the payment of the said tax against all the
Directors, Managers, Secretaries and every other
person concerned in the management of the
Companies and recover the said tax from such
persons without further notice.”
Reacting on Thursday through a statement in
Enugu by its General Secretary Rev Dr Godwin
Amaowoh, Assemblies of God Church said its
listing among the category of tax defaulters was a
height of official recklessness.
While describing the development as an act fueled
by ignorance, the Church demanded the
immediate retraction of the said publication.
“We received with bewilderment and
embarrassment publications classifying the
Assemblies of God Church, Nigeria among tax
defaulting companies.
“It came to us with huge surprise considering that
at no time had religious organizations been
taxable in Nigeria, and how the Assemblies of God
Church, Nigeria, now became an exception beats
our imagination.
“It is either the person who did this categorization
and fueled the publications in some online media
outfits did so out of ignorance or it was an act of
mischief. We say ignorance in the sense that the
person who listed the Assemblies of God into list
of defaulters may need to be taught that Churches
are not taxable, or mischief as the person may
have chosen to deliberately embarrass the
Church.
“Either way, we demand that for whatever intent
and purpose, the said misleading and
embarrassing publication should be retracted by
the FIRS.
“The Assemblies of God is a law-abiding Church
and would not allow its name to be dragged into
an act of lawlessness and disobedience to the
extant laws of the land.
“For the avoidance of doubts, The Assemblies of
God Nigeria as Registered with the Corporate
Affairs Commission is a non-profit making
Organization and the Law respects That”
“While we await the FIRS to do the needful in this
regard, we urge all our members to remain calm
as there is no cause for alarm,” he said.

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