GHC398m Worth of Taxes Scrapped
Parliament, Wednesday, granted GHC398million worth of tax reliefs to help reduce the burden on the few Ghanaian individuals and companies captured under the tax net. Those tax cuts were made possible...
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GHC398m Worth of Taxes Scrapped Off
Parliament, Wednesday, granted GHC398million worth of tax reliefs to help reduce the burden on the few Ghanaian individuals and companies captured under the tax net. Those tax cuts were made possible...
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 securities of companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. This will help deepen...
Levy On Specific Imported Goods Scrapped
A bill that seeks to amend the Special Import Levy, Act, 2013 (Act 861) to remove the levy payable on specific imported goods has been approved by Parliament. A report presented by the Committee on...
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 year’s budget statement. In the 2017 budget statement, which was approved by...
Parliament Approves 2017 Budget
Parliament of Ghana has approved the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana. This follows a majority voice vote on the motion for the approval of the budget statement...
Atiwa MP Silences Minority On Budget
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, Abena Osei-Asare, got the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) members agitated when she said in...
Majority, Minority ‘fight’ Over Budget
The Majority and Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday slugged it out as they began a debate on the Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the 2017 financial year. The contention was more...
Majority, Minority Lock Horns In Parliament
As expected, the Majority and the Minority in Parliament yesterday locked horns over the true state of the country's economy when they began a debate on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's maiden...
IMF Deal Was A Waste of Time
Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, the Chairman of the Finance Committee has rebuked the NDC government for failing to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets aimed at ensuring macroeconomic stability....
NDC ‘wasted Everybody’s Time’ With IMF Programme
A member of the Economic Management Team of the governing New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah has castigated the NDC government for failing to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets...
Mahama’s Last SONA Vs Akufo-Addo’s First SONA
At the last State of the Nation Address (SONA), President John Mahama took the nation on a tour of his achievements under four-year tenure. At the first SONA, President Akufo-Addo, sources say, will...
Financing Free SHS With Heritage Fund Apt – Assibey-Yeboah
The plan of the Akufo-Addo-led government to use the Heritage Fund to finance the Free Senior High School programme is apt, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament,...
In Ghana, Post-Election Fiscal Crunch Is Politics As Normal
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken power with ambitious plans to revive once spectacular economic growth, only to discover a $1.6 billion hole in the budget and a deficit twice as high as...
Ghana Risks IMF Sanction Over ‘GHS7bn Loophole’
Ghana risks being sanctioned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for failing to disclose full financial data to the fund at the time it signed onto the three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF),...
Expenditure On GH¢7 Billion Unethical
The majority caucus in Parliament has described as unethical and dangerous the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) justification of the GH¢7 billion expenditure which the Vice-President, Dr...
The Majority NPP Caucus has described as dangerous attempts by the Minority NDC to discredit the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s claim of a missing GHC7million from the government’s...
Missing GHC7 Billion: Mahama Didn’t Hide Any Money From NPP
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga, Isaac Abongo has maintained that the erstwhile President John Mahama-led administration did not hide any money from the...
NDC Hid GHC7 Billion Arrears From IMF- Majority Reiterates
The Majority in Parliament have supported claims by the Vice President that a whopping 7 billion cedis was not accounted for by the erstwhile John Mahama led National Democratic Congress. They...
The Majority in parliament has described explanations offered by former Deputy Minister of Finance Cassiel Ato Forson regarding the GHS7billion expenditure which Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia...