Ghana: Govt Urged to Impose Taxes On Actors, Actresses  A
KUMASI-based Actor has started a debate by calling on government
to impose taxes on actors and actresses in the country.  Nana
Osei Kwame Brempong, known in showbiz as Sharpiro, has started a
crusade urging the government to tax actors and actresses in
Ghana.  Nana Osei Kwame has revealed that actors and actresses
in Ghana, including himself, have not been paying tax to the
government of Ghana, and this does not help to develop the
country.  According to him, there should be a need for the
government or the industry to tax actors in the country to
sustain the film industry.  He said, "it is very worrying,
looking at the colossal amount of money some of the actors and
actresses earn after shooting three or four movies, without
paying any tax to the government or the entertainment industry.
"The producers even don't issue any VAT receipt when they are
paying them, which is wrong, it can never happen in Nigeria, I
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