Remove VAT On Electricity – ACEP To Govt
The government must remove the Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity as a way of relieving industries of the huge tax burden for them to expand and employ more people, Benjamin Boakye, Deputy...
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Addai Nimo, Bawumia In Fierce Fight
…Over who replaces ‘One Term’ President Akufo-Addo Even though President Akufo-Addo is still in the process of forming government, his Vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and immediate past Member of...
Cedi’s Troubles Deepen, Expected To Continue Into March
The cedi’s current poor performance against the dollar is expected to run into the second quarter of 2017. This is the prediction coming in from some currency analysts. Almost three months into...
Sri Lanka To Honour $12 Bn Debt Despite Dispute
Sri Lanka Monday vowed to honour government bonds of up to 1,780 billion rupees ($11.86 billion) even as the central bank admitted "procedural shortcomings" in state-issued securities. Finance...
Depoliticise Issues Affecting Economy — Seth Terkper
The immediate-past Finance Minister, Mr. Seth Terkper, has said that it is important to let the markets know the reasons for some of the challenges facing the economy and step back from the...
No Placards At Budget, MPs Told
The Majority and Minority, together with the leadership of parliament, have agreed to ban the display of placards during the presentation of this year’s budget by the Finance Minister on Thursday,...
Israel Braces For Gaza War Report
Israeli politicians and ex-generals are scrambling for cover ahead of the publication on Tuesday of a report expected to slam their conduct of the costly 2014 Gaza war. The findings of a two-year...
Ghana Committed To Strong US Ties – Bawumia
Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured of the Akufo-Addo government’s commitment to deepening cooperation with the United States of America in furtherance of international diplomacy...
Nana Addo’s Maiden Budget Will Focus On Restructuring
As the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta prepares to present government’s budget before parliament this week, some financial observers are hopeful the tax reviews announced in the NPP’s Manifesto...
Depoliticise Issues Affecting Economy
The immediate-past Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, has said that it is important to let the markets know the reasons for some of the challenges facing the economy and step back from the...
World Bank Pledges $60 Million In Budget Support For Gambia
The Gambia is set tor receive $60 million in budget support from the World Bank. This was revealed on Saturday by the Bank’s president for Africa, Makhtar Diop, during a meeting with the newly...
Capital Market To Rebound Over Tax Cuts On Capital Gains
Stock market analysts are predicting a rebound of the local bourse and the bonds market with an eventual scrapping of the capital gains tax. They contend that the move should attract investors to...
Pro Investment Policies To Increase FDIs To Ghana – Dusk Capital CEO
Analysts have projected more foreign patronage of Ghana’s capital market following a pickup of activities on the market. The cedi depreciation, rising inflation plus the power crisis affected the...
We Hope To Be Engaged After Budget Reading – Unemployed Health Professionals
A group calling itself the Coalition of Un-posted Allied Health Professionals has appealed to government to include in the upcoming budget, the financial clearance that will ensure their postings to...
Trump Calls Chinese ‘grand Champions’ of Currency Manipulation
President Donald Trump declared China the "grand champions" of currency manipulation on Thursday, just hours after his new Treasury secretary pledged a more methodical approach to analyzing Beijing's...
We Hope To Be Engaged After Budget Reading
A group calling itself the Coalition of Un-posted Allied Health Professionals has appealed to government to include in the upcoming budget, the financial clearance that will ensure their postings to...
Actions of Government Does Not Match Economic Independence
President Nana Akufo-Addo is somebody who doesn’t need to struggle to inspire the nation. He is convicted in his way, and when he speaks, you can see clearly that, he is somebody you can trust. I...
Parliament Bans Placards On Budget Day
The Leadership of Ghana’s Parliament has banned the use of placards by members during the budget presentation on Thursday March 2, 2017. In a proposal on the floor of Parliament Friday, Majority...
2017 Budget Would Be Business Friendly
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the 2017 budget would come up with policies to aid the growth of businesses. There are fears, with rising public debt of GHC122 billion and a double-digit...
Folding the Umbrella, the Price of Complacency and Arrogance
Introduction and a trip down memory lane The NDC was formed by a ruling Military Junta that wielded enormous state power in the run up to the 1992 elections. Indeed the PNDC attracted a good number...