A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has urged Ghanaians to expect today’s budget to be low on taxation and high on productivity. In a tweet,...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will on Thursday present the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government’s maiden budget statement, a presentation that will ultimately be a marker of the new administration’s...
The focus of the 2017 fiscal budget to be presented to Parliament today is expected to stimulate economic growth whilst addressing many fundamental challenges including high fiscal deficit, debt to...
The maiden Budget Statement of the Akufo-Addo government will be unveiled in Parliament today, March 2, 2017. It will be the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta’s first major outing as he outlines...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta will this morning, , March 2nd 2017, deliver his government’s first budget and economic planning statement after winning the 2016 Parliamentary and General...
A lecturer at the Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Dr. Adu Sarkodie, has suggested that the 2017 budget should consider reducing the country’s expensive by cutting down on the ten...
A former Deputy Finance Minister has disclosed the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) might tap into statutory payments to finance its many campaign promises. Casiel Ato Forson said President Nana...
In line with the provisions of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will present the 2017 budget and economic policy to Parliament on Thursday, March 2. The budget...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta needs prayers as he prepares to deliver the Akufo-Addo government’s budget for the fiscal year, financial analyst Joseph Jackson has said. According to him, the...
The People’s National Convention (PNC), and the Convention People’s Party (CPP), say they want the government’s 2017 budget to address the rising unemployment levels in the country. They say...
Ghana’s new finance minister faces having to fulfill election pledges to spend more on education and job creation while trying to raise investor confidence eroded by fears about the nation’s...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is expected to announce the abolition of import levies and taxes among others on some financial services as he prepares to present the 2017 budget in Parliament...
Pending the budget presentation by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta tomorrow, industry players and business associations have reiterated calls for the solutions to their numerous needs to be...
Barely two months into the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led administration, a failing local currency means the authorities would have to dig deep into their policy armory to deal with a familiar old...
Financial analyst, Professor Godfred Bokpin, is asking government to address Ghana’s public debt crisis and reduce expenditure overruns as it prepares to present the 2017 Budget Statement in...
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...
…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...
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...
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...
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...
