International taxation
Ghana, Czech Sign Double Taxation Agreement
Ghana and the Czech Republic have signed a Double Taxation Agreement. The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, and the...
Large US Firms Stashed $1.6 Trillion In Tax Havens
The 50 largest US companies, including Apple, Microsoft and Wal-Mart, are parking about $1.6 trillion in offshore tax...
Electricity Tariffs Too High, Uncompetitive In the Sub-Region
Ghana’s electricity tariffs are too high and uncompetitive for domestic and commercial consumers in the West African...
Oxfam Exposes Tax Haven Habits of EU Big Banks
The twenty biggest banks in the eurozone booked over a quarter of their 2015 profits in tax havens, with Luxembourg and...
Widening Tax Net Riskier- Rashid Pelpuo
Former Minister of State in charge of Public-Private-Partnerships Dr. Rashid Pelpuo has advised government to be...
Income Tax Amendment Bill Passed
The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017 has been passed by Parliament to remove the tax on gain from the realisation of...
Ofori-Atta Confident of Achieving Budget Targets
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says he is optimistic about achieving the macro-economic targets contained in this...
Finance Minister Presents Bills To Cut Taxes To Parliament
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented four Bills to parliament in relation to the proposed tax cuts in...
Fighting Transfer Pricing Must Not Be A Mere Promise
In a world where the chase for international capital has become like a rat-race, multi-national companies seem to be...
400 Staff of Rider Steel To Lose Jobs
About 400 workers of the Rider Steel Company Limited in Tema risk losing their jobs by March 15 if the company does not...
Women Demand Tax Justice To End Inequality
Latest: Why galamsey must not be legalised — Minerals Commission explains ActionAid Ghana will today join the Global...
Beneficial Ownership
On Thursday, February 2, 2017, and Friday, February 3, 2017, the Ghana Integrity Initiative, the Ghana chapter of...
Spare Parts Dealers To Cut Prices
Spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai in Accra have pledged to reduce the prices of their goods owing to the removal of...
Government Tinkers With Tax Cuts
The Economic Management Team of government is pondering which taxes to abolish and the ones to increase, as it looks to...
Ghanaian Business, Govt Leaders Applaud Rwanda’s Development Efforts
Ghanaian leaders from the public and private sector have applauded Rwanda’s transformation journey following the 1994...
ACEP Urges Gov’t To Audit Power Sector
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has called on the new administration to conduct an audit of the country’s...
Some Taxes Are Just Nuisance
Senior Minister Nominee, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has described some taxes as nuisance. According to him, these taxes serve as...
Apple Fights Back With Appeal Against EU Irish Tax Ruling
Apple has filed an appeal against a European Union ruling that it should pay up to €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes in...
Foreign Banks In Britain Pay Fraction of Tax Rate
Some of the biggest foreign investment and commercial banks operating in Britain paid an average tax rate of just 6...