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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced its first Town-Hall meeting for 2022. According to the opposition party, the event will be held in Kumasi, Ashanti Region on Monday, January 24, at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at 1 pm. It is …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has warned the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that they are likely to lose the 2024 general elections if the E-levy is approved.   “As you go around the country to convince Ghanaians to vote for your party and you, others with big pockets are …

Parliament will convene later today, Monday, December 20, 2021, to consider the revenue mobilisation measures central to the operation of the 2022 budget. Key among the measures is the introduction of the 1.75% Electronic Transfer Levy also known as E-Levy.   The house on Friday, December 17, 2021, passed the …

Telecommunication companies and their mobile money operators have agreed to reduce the charges on transactions by 25% amid the possible introduction of the e-Levy. According to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GTC), the decision was taken following extensive deliberations with the government on the need to lessen the impact of …

MP for Tema West, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has stated that the proposed 1.75% e-levy by government is not a compulsory tax, thus Ghanaians who are opposed to it should not engage in electronic transactions. The former Deputy Minister of Trade made these remarks, during an interview with JoyNews’ Parliamentary correspondent, …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has expressed concern about the possibility of a shut down of government operations if the 2022 Budget is not approved by Parliament. Addressing the press on Monday, Ken Ofori-Atta explained that if the 2022 Budget is not approved, the consequences could be dire. “The full consequences …

The Deputy Minister of Finance, also Member of Parliament for Ejisu, John Ampontuah Kumah has rubbished the propaganda by the opposition National Democratic Congress members against the E- Levy transactions approved by Parliament in the 2022 budget. According to John Kumah, ” the E-levy is a game-changer and the government …

The Finance Minister , Ken Ofori Atta, has said that the proposed E-levy in the 2022 budget statement has not changed. He said at a press conference in Accra on Monday December 6 that the proposal is still at 1.75 per cent. “On the matter of the E-levy, having regard …

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that the electronic transaction levy (E-levy) will be reduced from 1.75% to at least 1.5%. According to him, the reduced charge was captured in the revised version of the 2022 budget submitted by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Tuesday. Speaking on PM …

Information available to Asaase News has it that government may be considering the removal of the proposed electronic levy (E-Levy) in the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of the Akufo-Addo administration on sum of money sent by foreign worker to individual in the country which is better known as …