The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has applauded the government for its decision to establish a Fiscal Council which will spearhead the adoption and implementation of the country’s fiscal...
Former NDC MP for Ablekuma Central had lauded government on its plans to remove import duties on automobile spare parts to help reduce prices of vehicle spare parts in the country. According to...
People took to social media to express diverse views on the Budget Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented the 2017 budget in Parliament. In his address, he announced government's decision to...
The last time Ken Ofori-Atta presented a budget it was perhaps before a small group of NPP bigwigs and he did so as chairman of NPP fundraising committee. That budget was key to how the NPP won the...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has emphasized the need to “trigger” a national sense of urgency as an effective measure to tackling Ghana’s economic challenges. According to him, the...
The government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo will restore fiscal discipline in the Ghanaian economy and reverse its dwindling fortunes, Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, has said. Presenting the...
There are high expectations among the citizenry as the barely two-month old New Patriotic Party (NPP) government presents its maiden budget statement to parliament today March 2, 2017. Many are...
MANY Ghanaians are expecting reduction in imports levies and other taxes in anticipation of the budget reading today by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta. Food vendors, teachers, motor...
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...
President Nana Akufo-Addo, in his state of the nation address last week assured Ghanaians that the 2017 budget will bring the economy back on the path of sustainable growth and development....
The research division of Groupe Nduom, is projecting major tax reforms to come out of Thursday’s budget statement. Groupe Nduom, (GN) Research noted the high budget deficit, huge public debt, power...
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, in his state of the nation address last week assured Ghanaians that the 2017 budget will bring the economy back on the path of sustainable growth and...
Latest figures from the government on Ghana's total debt stock suggests that every Ghanaian, including new born babies, now owe four thousand five hundred and nineteencedis (GHC 4,519) as at December...
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...
Workers in the country have tasked the government to commit to a range of policy initiatives to improve upon employment opportunities and secure their pensions. The policy initiatives include...
Credit Ratings Agency – Fitch – has said Ghana's disclosure of $1.6billion unreported expenditure and the resulting failure to hit the 2016 fiscal deficit target highlights substantial risks to...
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...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has welcomed the NPP government’s honouring an agreement on the 12.5% increase in salaries for public sector workers on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) for...
With the incessant calls on President Akufo-Addo to hurriedly implement and prove ways his administration would sustain the free Senior High School (SHS) promise that catapulted him into power, the...
New Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, has revealed that the authority recorded revenue shortfalls between 2012 and 2016. According to him, even though...
