GRA Explains Ibrahim Mahama’s Tax Issues
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is set to employ all necessary controls to defray loss of revenue caused by MBG Limited and Holman Brothers Ghana Limited in the importation of vehicles and...
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Cedi Outshines Two Currencies
The cedi outperformed the U. S dollar and the euro but depreciated versus the British pound at the close of trading in the week ending April 21. It recorded a 1.13 per cent appreciation against the...
Ibrahim Mahama Never Issued 44 Cheques To GRA – Aide
The office of business man, Ibrahim Mahama, brother of ex President John Mahama has dismissed reports that the former issued 44 dud cheques to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). There have been media...
Visa Fraud: MPs Confront Jon Benjamin Over Allegations
Some persons out of the four Members of Parliament accused of engaging in visa offences have confronted the former British High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Jon Benjamin to register their...
Trump Seeks Tax Windfall For Business
The Trump administration has proposed slashing the rate of corporation tax with the aim of spurring economic growth, the Treasury Secretary said. Steven Mnuchin unveiled President Trump's tax...
GSS Confirms 2016 GDP At 3.5%
The Ghana Statistical Service(GSS) has announced that provisional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for 2016 was 3.5 percent. According to the service, the value of the GDP in the period...
Unilever Ghana Awards 2016 Key Distributors
Unilever Ghana has rewarded its distributors for excelling in their operations in 2016. The award was also aimed at rewarding the distributors for promoting the brand. An event organized in Accra saw...
Manufacturing Sub-Sector Pushes March PPI To 6%
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced that the Producer Price Inflation (PPI) which measures the average change over time in the prices by domestic producers of goods and services has...
Entrepreneurs Welcome Tax Free Holiday Plan For Startups
Private enterprises have lauded the tax free holiday policy for startups effective this July. Business Development Minister, Mohammed Ibrahim Awal explains that the move forms part plans to reduce...
BoG To Stop Market Volatility
The Bank of Ghana has assured the public that it will work harder to stem the volatility in the foreign exchange market to bring about price stability. The Bank of Ghana has assured the public that...
I’ll Plead For Clemency – MP
The former Member of Parliament for Asunafo South George Boakye said Wednesday that he is prepared to beg the UK High Commission in Ghana to suspend its decision to bar him from acquiring a UK visa...
Use Kofi Adams’ Brain At the Lab To Teach Kids About Stupidity – A Plus
A Plus has made a distasteful comment about Kofi Adams over Ibrahim Mahama’s dud cheque brouhaha; stating that the NDC national organisor’s brain should be used at a laboratory to discovery what...
London Tech Week To Shine Spotlight On African Startups
The Africa Technology Business Network’s annual pitch competition Africa Tech Pitch LDN will be featured in London Tech Week 2017. Now in its third year, Africa Tech Pitch LDN provides an...
BoG Backs Laws To Demand Data On Gold Exports
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has backed moves for laws to compel the Minerals Commission to submit data on export proceeds from gold to guide the tracking of export receipts. The central bank believes...
Trade In Other Currencies To Relieve Pressure On Dollar
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has appealed to importers who trade from other countries apart from the United States to trade in currencies of the country of importation to free the pressure on the dollar....
Australia Inflation Moves Back Into RBA Target Band
Australia's annual inflation rate has moved back into the central bank's target range for the first time in more than two years, data showed Wednesday, all but ruling out more interest rate cuts....
When Fiscal Responsibility Becomes Economic Irresponsibility
After the Finance minister’s presentation on the national budget a few weeks ago, the most popular phrase you hear from the media commentators, economist, policy analyst, politicians, is that,...
Kantanka Vehicles Can Be Youth-Friendly
The Kantanka Automobile has begun the sale of Ghana made cars After a self-imposed painstaking survey of most bus stops or commuters bus boarding points in some parts of Accra, I shudder to say that...
SSNIT Organises Workshop For Staff
SOCIAL Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has held an employers’ workshop on online contribution report (CR) submission and payment through the banks. It is to train more employers in...
Zoomlion Ghana Lauds President’s Promise To Make Accra Cleanest In Africa
The Executive Chairman of Zoomlion Limited, Joseph Siaw, Agyepong, has lauded the pledge by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to make “Accra the cleanest City in Africa in the next four...