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Ghana To Miss Three Economic Factors

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has announced Ghana will miss three key economic targets in 2017. The three include the...

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‘Customs Management System 3’ To Support Private Businesses – GCNET

The third generation of the Ghana Customs Management System (GCMS 3) will be rolled out in the first quarter of this...

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Govt To Miss Three Key Targets

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has announced Ghana will miss three key economic targets in 2017. The three include the...

Business

‘Nuisance Taxes’ Will Be Removed In 2017 Budget

The Finance Minister has hinted that some levies which have been described as “nuisance taxes” will be removed when...

International

U.S. House Republicans Exploring Border Tax Design Changes

Republicans in the U. S. House of Representatives are considering possible changes to the design of their controversial...

Opinion

Terrorism Is A “Cover Up” For The Debt Crisis

Terrorism has been at the top of US agenda since George Bush but what you don't realize is that it is nothing but a...

Business

GRA Intensifies Move To Improve Revenue Collection At Borders

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intensified its works to improve data gathering at the country’s borders. The...

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Some Taxes Are Just Nuisance

Senior Minister Nominee, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has described some taxes as nuisance. According to him, these taxes serve as...

Opinion

An Open Letter To The New Minister Of Finance

Dear Honourable Minister: Your job is revered but unenviable. The task ahead of you is daunting because you have...

Business

Gov’t To Announce Tax Cuts In 2017 Budget

The Government of Ghana has announced that some taxes will be eliminated in the 2017 budget. The budget, the first...

Business

GRA Tax Exemption On Real Estate Must Be Amended – Property Developer

Mr Frank Aboagye Danyansah, the Chief Executive Officer of Danywise Estate and Construction, has called for an...

Business

Stabilising Macro-Economy Our Main Focus – Yeboah

A member of the ruling government and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has stated...

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Stabilising Macro-Economy Our Main Focus – Dr Assibey Yeboah

A member of the governing New Patriotic Party and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah,...

Business

Resist Temptation of Printing Money For Revenue

Professor of Economics and Director of Research at the African Center for Economic Transformation, Dr. Joe...

Business

Fiscal Path, Key For Ghana’s Credit Profile

Ghana’s ability to maintain its recent progress on fiscal consolidation will be an important factor in sovereign...

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6 Taxes Likely To Be Scraped In 2017

Businesses are likely to experience some tax cuts and in some cases total scrap in 2017 following the coming on board...

Business

Abolish 5% VAT On Real Estate Charges – GREDA To Nana Addo

Real Estate Developers are admonishing the President elect, Nana Akufo Addo to “Walk the Talk” when he is sworn in...

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Abolish 5% VAT On Real Estate Charges- GREDA To Nana Addo

Real Estate Developers are admonishing the President elect, Nana Akufo Addo to “Walk the Talk” when he is sworn in...

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Waging Wars

By Esther A. Armah Tax isn’t sexy. Nobody dreams of taxes. You do not salivate imagining what you might do to taxes...