Spare Parts Dealers To Cut Prices
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...
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Government Scraps 11 ‘Nuisance’ Taxes
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...
‘Kaya Tax’ Cruel – Braimah
Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has said the imposition of a tax on itinerant head porters (kayayei) was an act of inhumanity. According to him,...
AGI Welcomes Tax Cuts
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has welcomed government’s resolve to scrap and reduce some taxes on goods and services as outlined in its first budget statement. Among several taxes to be...
Electricity VAT Must Go
Although the government of Ghana has scrapped some taxes and reduced others as a way of bringing down the cost of doing business, it is quite surprising that there was not a mention of the removal of...
See Full List, Reactions From NDC Stakeholders
A large section of Ghanaians have expressed so much satisfaction over NPP’s abolished taxes, especially on some aspects of trade and commerce. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has finally...
‘Asempa’ Budget Dazes NDC
Jaw-dropping tax incentives and reliefs announced by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in the 2017 ‘Asempa’ budget statement yesterday which clearly defined policies to resuscitate the ailing...
‘Kaya Tax’ Scrap Makes Government Look Kind – Adu-Amankwah
Scrapping market tolls paid by itinerant head porters (kayayei) in the country gives the government a good image as it makes it appear empathetic to the most vulnerable in our society, gender...
We’ll Pass RTI Bill – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will pass the Right to Information (RTI) bill as a way of dealing with corruption in the public sector....
‘Asempa Budget’ Triggers Jubilation
The expectations of Ghanaians with regard to the campaign promise by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the NPP to reduce the burden of taxes imposed on them by the previous Mahama-led NDC...
NDC Always Presented ‘kwashiorkor’ Budget Statements
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has lashed out at the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration describing them as bad ‘political chefs’ who didn’t know...
2017 Budget Will Unleash More Hardships On Ghanaians
A former Deputy Finance Minister under the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, Fifi Kwetey has asked Ghanaians especially dealers in spare parts not to jubilate over...
GREDA Lauds Govt For Removing 5%VAT On Housing Cost
The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) has welcomed government’s decision to scrap the 5% VAT on cost of real estate. Presenting the budget in parliament yesterday, Finance Minister,...
Import Levy Killed Us
The introduction of the import levy on secondhand spare parts by the previous government drove away customers from all over West Africa who were travelling to Abossey Okai in Accra to conduct...
2017 Budget Brings Huge Relief To Spare Parts Dealers, Kayayei
AUTO (spare) parts dealers across the country will soon heave a sigh of relief after the announcement by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, of government’s decision to abolish import duties...
Financial Analyst
The decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap some taxes and reduce some is apt, Bernard Owusu-Mensah, a Financial Analyst, has said. According to him, some of these taxes should have been...
Budget Has Frightened NDC
Minority Members in Parliament have been hit with excessive fear following the bold decisions that have been taken by the Akufo-Addo-led government in the maiden budget statement, Dr Anthony...
Government Moves To Make Corruption A Felony
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said as part of the government’s commitment to fighting corruption, the criminal code will be amended to move corruption offenses from a misdemeanor to a...
‘Kaya Tax’ Nonexistent
The decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap market tolls imposed on itinerant head porters (Kayayei), as announced by Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta in the government’s first budget...
SSNIT Database To Fight Ghost Names In Government Payroll
The perennial complaints by governments of public sector wage bills being inundated with corrupt practices such as false claims and ghost names will now be dealt with by the database of the Social...