“Unfortunately, a statement was made by the minister of finance that over 6,000 lawyers don’t pay tax. “Absolutely false, first of all, we don’t have 6,000 lawyers in Ghana, It’s likely in excess of 3,000, so the data is wrong. There are so many lawyers who are in government service who pay tax directly, so the statement is just patently false,” Mr Forson told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday. He added: “there are people in private practice who also pay taxes, so the impression given that lawyers don’t pay tax is really unfortunate. Some doctors [are not paying income tax]…so you begin to see all of these professionals, all of us on social media ranting against the government and [realise] that most of these people are not even paying taxes.”

Source: GhanaWeb September 09, 2021 10:30 UTC