Government plans to initiate moves that will ensure that statutory funds do not exceed 25 per cent of the country’s total revenue in a year. This means that statutory payments into the National...
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Minority’s decision to display with ‘419’ placards during the budget presentation emboldened him. He said the digits 419 reminded him...
Government has indicated that it will add a total of 1,227MW of installed power capacity to the national grid to meet the growing demand for electricity. This would be outside of the 880MW total...
IMANI Africa’s President, Franklin Cudjoe, has questioned the absence of a policy document for the Akufo-Addo government’s free Senior High School (SHS) as delivered in the 2017 budget statement....
Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has likened some aspects of the maiden budget of the Nana-Addo administration to a Kweku Ananse story. Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta...
IMANI Africa’s President, Franklin Cudjoe, has questioned the absence of a policy document for the Akufo-Addo government’s free Senior High School (SHS) as delivered in the 2017 budget statement....
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has cast doubts over the government’s ability to meet potential revenue deficits following some tax cuts. He argues that government will also be compelled to...
The Minority in Parliament has acknowledged the effort of the government to remove a number of taxes to create space for the private sector. However, it said the measures could have the opposite...
The government will revamp the Media Development Fund (MDF) to encourage journalists to upgrade their knowledge, the Information Minister, Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has said. He said the critical role...
Although it is good that some taxes, including the 1% special import levy, have been scrapped, the government should tackle the underlying problems confronting small-scale businesses, Kwame Jantuah,...
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has cast doubts over the government’s ability to meet potential revenue deficits following some tax cuts. He argues that government will also be compelled to...
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has cast doubts over the government’s ability to meet potential revenue deficits following some tax cuts. He argues that government will also be compelled to...
The government aims to shift the structure and content of the education system away from merely passing examinations to building character, nurturing values and raising literate citizens. Such...
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has cast doubts over the government’s ability to meet potential revenue deficits following some tax cuts. He argues that government will also be compelled to...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has been lauded by dealers of spare part at Ghana’s spare part dealer’s hub, Abossey Kai in Accra for eliminating import duty imposed on spare parts...
The abolition of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on real estate sales by the Akufo-Addo government is good a decision that will increase the purchasing power of Ghanaians, Samuel Amegayibor, Executive...
Spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai in Accra have pledged to reduce the prices of their goods owing to the removal of taxes on the importation of automobile spare parts into Ghana. Minister of...
A legal practitioner has suggested that government's attempt to elevate the sanctions for corruption from misdemeanor to felony is unnecessary. Samson Lardy Anyenini is convinced the law which...
Government yesterday announced in Parliament that it has abolished some 11 taxes it termed ‘nuisance’ taxes and reviewed four other taxes, which were negatively affecting businesses in the...
The sports industry received a shot in the arm yesterday when the government voted GH¢45.8 million as budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the 2017 fiscal year, as was...
