The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that due to the ‘desperate’economic conditions that persist in the country, his government has had to make several unconventional decisions...
Government ended the first four months of the year missing out on its revenue target, latest fiscal data covering government’s financial operations ending April 2017 has revealed. According to the...
A new law giving Thailand's king direct control over royal assets worth billions of dollars went into force Monday, the latest move by an increasingly assertive monarch to consolidate his power. King...
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has told Parliament, he is unsure when arrears of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) would be settled. According to him, the scheme owes health...
Retail inflation in India hit a record low in June, according to government data released Wednesday, reflecting a slowdown in the economy and adding pressure for a rate cut, experts said. Retail...
Hopes are running high in Sudan that US President Donald Trump will decide this week to lift Washington's sanctions on Khartoum, despite rights groups calling for the decades-old embargo to be...
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz made a rare appearance by a high-ranking Israeli official in the occupied West Bank on Monday to sign an agreement on electricity with the Palestinian Authority....
The 7th floor of the Job 600 (West Wing) of Parliament became the centre of attraction when the Finance Committee of Parliament met with some stakeholders in the business sector to discuss the...
France's finance minister urged his European counterparts Sunday to do more to chase down tax due from the European operations of US tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook. Bruno Le Maire's...
Labour unions in Ghana are to petition parliament on what appears to be an illegality being committed by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The 12 labour unions say Mr Ofori-Atta used the 2017...
Brett Davies paced up and down the sloping sands of Kokrobite beach in Ghana, organising surfers from 20 different countries at his annual international competition. Along the beach, some 30...
Business Associations protesting the implementation of the 3% VAT Flat rate scheme are skeptical of a positive outcome for the appeals to get the tax scrapped. They contend that the apparent support...
Investment fund managers are upbeat of the impact of the disbursement of the fourth tranche of the IMF’s extended credit facility, on the stabilization of the cedi. They believe the move should...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has pledged that government would work with stakeholders in the economy for a clearer understanding on how the VAT Flat Rate Scheme functions. According to him, the...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has pledged that government would work with stakeholders in the economy for a clearer understanding on how the VAT Flat Rate Scheme functions. According to him, the...
The Minority has threatened to go to court in a bid to compel the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to halt the implementation of the 3 percent VAT flat rate scheme. According to the Minority, the scheme...
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has hinted that it will soon head to the Supreme Court (SC) to seek clarification on the $2.25billion bond issued by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta which did not...
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that government is preparing to meet the board of the International Monetary Fund later this month. A team from the IMF led by Joël Toujas-Bernaté,...
Parliament’s Finance Committee has invited the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta to respond to concerns by various business associations over the implementation of the 3% VAT Flat rate scheme. The...
Combining high fashion with sport, nearly 50,000 racegoers marked the 120th anniversary of Africa's biggest horse race on Saturday at a packed course in the South African coastal city of Durban. The...
