A former Finance Minister Seth Terkper is predicting doom for the economy of Ghana following a number of tax cuts and reductions. According to him, scrapping nine taxes and reducing three is a recipe...
AUTO (spare) parts dealers across the country will soon heave a sigh of relief after the announcement by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, of government’s decision to abolish import duties...
The Ghana cedi remained relatively stable against the major trading currencies in the currency market, on account of tighter monetary policy and improved foreign exchange inflows for the period of...
Minority Members in Parliament have been hit with excessive fear following the bold decisions that have been taken by the Akufo-Addo-led government in the maiden budget statement, Dr Anthony...
The general feeling is that the Minister passed his first test given the replication of major campaign promises in the budget. The structure of the budget itself didn’t change much from the...
Yesterday, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori- Atta presented his maiden budget to Parliament. The minister christened his budget ‘’ Asempa Budget’’ in the Twi language, loosely...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said as part of the government’s commitment to fighting corruption, the criminal code will be amended to move corruption offenses from a misdemeanor to a...
The decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap market tolls imposed on itinerant head porters (Kayayei), as announced by Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta in the government’s first budget...
The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, Samson Awingobit, has lauded government for his announcement of a cancellation of the 1 percent import levy. He is however...
Consumers of spare parts should expect reduction in prices of goods within the coming months. The reduction has been necessitated by the abolishing of the levy on imported spare parts. Presenting the...
The perennial complaints by governments of public sector wage bills being inundated with corrupt practices such as false claims and ghost names will now be dealt with by the database of the Social...
Government does not have the ability to scrap market tolls imposed on itinerant head porters (kayayei), because there is no national tax or levy imposed on them, hence can only give guidelines to the...
Government has budgeted the GHS456million to kick off the One-District-One-Factory policy, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed. This was contained in the budget statement of the Akufo-Addo...
GHS16billion will be used for wages and salaries alone in 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament as he read the Akufo-Addo government’s first budget. He said GHS5.5billion would...
The Finance Minister says government would focus on improving liquidity for banks through the payment of State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) debts. Ken Ofori-Atta said government would pay debts owed banks...
Former Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije has described as discriminatory the decision by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to scrap levies exacted from head porters popularly called...
A former Deputy Finance Minister has cautioned Ghanaians to brace up for difficult times because of challenges he envisages government's decision to scrap some taxes might pose for the economy....
The head of the Economics Department of the University of Ghana has described as juicy the stimulus package announced by the Finance Minister in the 2017 Budget statement. Peter Quartey told Joy News...
Spare parts dealers in the capital, Accra are set to stage a massive demonstration over the abolishing of tax on the importation of spare parts into the country. The demonstration would involve...
Consumers of spare parts should expect reduction in prices of goods within the coming months. The reduction has been necessitated by the abolishing of the levy on imported spare parts. Presenting the...
