The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) would, this year, start charging seven per cent VAT Withholding Tax on individuals and entities that transact business with the Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a 17.5% reduction in electricity tariffs for residential consumers effective march 15. A statement signed by executive secretary Mrs....
Ghana ranks 95th in the global Financial Secrecy Index (FSI) 2018 report polling a secrecy score of 62 in a study published by the Tax Justice Network in conjunction with Transparency International,...
The Member of Parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu Constituency in the Northern Region, John Abdulai Jinapor, has challenged government to remove the 17% tax component on electricity for residential...
The French are planning to lower taxes on high earners, scrap a levy on financial transactions and build three international schools in a bid to attract bankers from the City of London. French Prime...
It is reckoned to be the biggest tax scandal in German post-war history. An international group of bankers, lawyers and stockbrokers - reportedly with links to the City of London - appears to have...
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa has pointed out that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta’s visit to Parliament to explain further on the $2.25 billion dollar bond is based...
The Executive Director of the Center for Budget Advocacy Ghana Mr. Vitus Azeem says Africa loses as much as 50 billion dollars each year through illicit financial flow. According to him corporate...
The Executive Director of the Center for Budget Advocacy Ghana Mr. Vitus Azeem says Africa loses as much as 50 billion dollars each year through illicit financial flow. According to him corporate...
The country’s attempt to export power to its neighbouring countries will suffer a major setback if tariff differentials between independent power producers (IPPs) signed in Ghana and those in the...
About 50 billion dollars is said to be leaving Africa each year, according to the Thabo Mbeki led High Level Panel report on illicit financial outflows from the continent in 2015. Majority of these...
The quest to attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) into the economy has brought up the need for the country to build a strong capacity in negotiating contracts that will protect the local...
A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey has criticized successive governments over what he says is the adoption of tax reforms as short term policies towards...
There is no conflict of interest as far as the recent issuance of government’s $2.25 billion domestic bond is concerned, President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has said. “To be fair, I am...
The Ministry of Finance has announced the establishment of a Solutions Service Unit at the ministry to give the general public an opportunity to offer information that could lead to the retrieval of...
The Ministry of Finance has announced the establishment of a Solutions Service Unit at the ministry to give the general public an opportunity to offer information that could lead to the retrieval of...
The Trump administration's priority is boosting US growth through tax cuts and an overhaul of regulations, and a growing American economy will be good for the world, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...
Pakistan's Supreme Court is to issue its ruling on corruption claims which could determine the political fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Questions arose over his family's business dealings when...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court is to issue its ruling on corruption claims which could determine the political fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Questions arose over his family’s business dealings...
A former Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, said that MM sector was poised for growth because it had become widely accepted by the citizenry, therefore, it was incumbent upon banks and...
