Tag Archives: E-levy

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, has called on the government to devise a measure to disincentivise Ghanaians from cashing out from their mobile money wallets.   According to him, should the volume of electronic money transactions continue to decrease, as has been …

Sources close to the Presidency, have revealed that President Akufo-Addo has signed the E-levy Bill into law.   Speaking exclusively to JoyNews, Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, confirmed that, the President gave his assent on Thursday, March 31, 2022.   As a result, the Bill, which was passed by …

Rapper Donzy says he is ready to pay E-Levy. The Tema-based rapper in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz 103.9 FM, mentioned that he does not see anything wrong with the newly introduced tax scheme.   In 2018, Rapper Donzy and music producer Ephraim vowed never …

The former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has said the Akufo-Addo government has forced the electronic transfer levy (E-levy) on Ghanaians because he turned a deaf ear to wise counsel from economic experts such as himself.   On his Facebook page the morning after the E-levy was passed, the former …

The Ministry of Finance has released a list of questions that are likely to be asked by members of the general public in respect of the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-Levy) and provided answers to them. This follows the passage of the E-levy Bill on Tuesday, 29th March 2022,  by a …

The Minority is not backing down on their bid to prevent the implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) Bill. Parliament is now waiting on President Akufo-Addo to assent to the approved tax.   The Majority in Parliament approved the E-Levy after the Minority walked out saying the tax is …

Parliament is now waiting on President Akufo-Addo to assent to the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) Bill. The Majority inapproved the E-Levy after the Minority walked out saying the tax is a tool to exacerbate the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian.     Today’s decision was reached after the Consideration Stage …

Ambulance in Parliament on Tuesday, March 29 has raised suspicions that bedridden Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and MP for Ahanta West, Ebenezer Kojo may have been brought in to help the Majority pass the E-Levy.   A former deputy minister of communications, Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has wondered …

Members of the Citizens Movement for Good Governance (CMoGG), a citizen pressure group, is calling on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to vacate the Presidency if they cannot manage the economy without the E-levy. The group said, “we are asking you and …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has admitted that government’s cessation of collection of road tolls prior to the approval of the 2022 Budget has become a threat to the government’s revenue generation efforts. Speaking at a town hall meeting held in the Volta Region on Friday, the Minister said the appropriation …