The Samoa Ministry of Revenue intends charging another eight church ministers this week for failing to file tax returns.
This comes after eight were charged last week.
The Samoa Observer, quoted the Minister of Revenue, Tialavea Tionisio Hunt, as saying the government would not back down over the law requiring church ministers to pay taxes on their 'alofa' - the offerings they receive from church goers.
He said they were having to stagger the arrests because of court schedules.
In May, Samoa's largest church, the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, voted to defy the government's tax move.
Tialavea said the law was passed in January 2018 and all the church denominations had complied except the C.C.C.S.
He said ministers were given 11 months and those who continued to defy the law would face the consequences.