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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 …

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has stated the Majority side in Parliament will still not be able to have all its members pass the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy).   “The whole business of trying to use the game of numbers in this …

The Electronic Transaction Tax (E-Levy) has become a household name dominating the Ghanaian airspace in the last couple of weeks. The government has so far done a lot in its bid to pass the levy but is met with strict resistance from the citizens and the opposition members of parliament …

The deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged the Minority in Parliament to support the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) to ensure government has the needed resources to run the affairs of the country, including evacuation of the many Ghanaians stranded in Ukraine. According to Mr. Afenyo-Markin, the …

For years, traders who carried a lot of cash on them on long-distance travels to purchase goods complained about incessant attacks by armed robbers. However, the situation drastically changed when they switched to using mobile money transfers. As they are overly reliant on mobile money now, some traders at Racecourse, …

The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit the streets of Accra to protest against the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) being pushed for by government implementation. The opposition party members are also registering their displeasure against the government’s inability to resolve the ongoing University Teachers Association of …

Taxes are necessary uncomfortables for nations developments. Due to the uncomfortable nature of taxes, it requires deep thinking, strategic introduction, implementation infrastructure and impact on citizens and businesses analysis.     This government of Nana-Bawumia Acts before it thinks. Their actions of implementation of policies are firstly motivated by greed …