The Financed Minister Ken Ofori Atta has announced major tax cuts in government’s first budget presented to Parliament today, Thursday March 2. The tax cuts are in fulfilment of promises made by...
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...
The Akufo-Addo government has abolished import duty taxes on spare parts as it promised during the campaign for election 2016. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, announced the removal of this...
Government on Thursday made a loud statement in Parliament with the announcement of its decision to remove many “nuisance” taxes and duties on certain products that have militated against the...
Government also intends to reduce the special petroleum tax rate from 17.5% to 15%.(file photo) Excise duty on petroleum products will soon be scrapped by the Akufo-Addo government, Finance Minister...
Government has abolished the 1% market tolls which has existed for several years. The move is in fulfilment of President Akufo-Addo’s promise of massive tax cuts during the 2016 elections. Market...
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...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will on Thursday present the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government’s maiden budget statement, a presentation that will ultimately be a marker of the new administration’s...
The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mohammed has cautioned the government against substituting the MPs Common Fund with its one-constituency-one-million-dollar policy. In any case, the policy should...
The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mohammed has cautioned the government against substituting the MPs Common Fund with its one-constituency-one-million-dollar policy. In any case, the policy should...
Pending the budget presentation by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta tomorrow, industry players and business associations have reiterated calls for the solutions to their numerous needs to be...
Former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has promised to walk barefooted from parliament to the presidency to congratulate President Akufo-Addo if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is...
Former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has promised to walk barefooted from parliament to the presidency to congratulate President Akufo-Addo if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is...
The government must remove the Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity as a way of relieving industries of the huge tax burden for them to expand and employ more people, Benjamin Boakye, Deputy...
Joy News has uncovered questionable payments at utilities regulators, the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC). The findings include the transfer of close to half a million cedis into...
Founder and Leader of the Independent People’s Party (IPP) is calling on President Akufo Adoo to increase Value Added Tax from the current 17.5% to 20% in order to have a sustainable means of...
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has given hint it will soon remove import duty on aircraft spare parts. The move is part of efforts to reduce the cost of domestic fares to boost the sector....
The Economic Management Team of government is pondering which taxes to abolish and the ones to increase, as it looks to take the shackles off the private sector. Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, who...
A Tax Policy Advisor Mr. Kofi Nti has been named the new Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Nti, a former staff of the Ministry of Finance during the administration of...
A Tax Policy Advisor Mr. Kofi Nti has been named the new Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Nti, a former staff of the Ministry of Finance during the administration of...
