Tag: Taxes
New York State hikes taxes on rich and businesses to raise more funds
New York State would collect billions of additional tax dollars from rich people and corporations each year in order to secure funds for expensive...
NCCE encourages payment of taxes
Madam Rejoice Biscoff, Director of National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Birim Central Municipality, has encouraged Ghanaian citizens to play their roles...
IES Analysis: Domestic Fuel Prices Quadruple in the Last Decade
Over the past decade (2010-2019), Ghana has seen a 347 percent increase in price of Gasoline (Petrol) and a 338 percent increase in Gasoil...
Waive taxes on poultry inputs – poultry farmers appeal
The Dormaa Poultry Farmers Association has appealed to the Government to waive taxes on imported poultry inputs to ameliorate production challenges.
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48 percent of telcos’ revenue consumed by taxes – study shows
In 2019, almost half of revenues generated by telecom industry players, comprising of mainly telcos and telecom infrastructure companies went to government as taxes.
This...
Mobile industry tax contribution hits GHC3.2billion in 2019
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunication on Tuesday said the mobile network operators and infrastructure companies contributed GH¢3.2billion in taxes and other remittances to the...
2021 Budget should increase taxes on tobacco, alcoholic beverages-VALD
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), a non-governmental organization has launched a 2020 Tobacco Industry Interferences Index Report- Ghana with a call on government...
Danish shipping group AP Moller-Maersk’s 2nd-quarter profit triples
Danish shipping and logistics group AP Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday its second-quarter net profit almost tripled despite lower business and consumer activity during the...
Government seeks parliament’s approval for GH¢11.8bn supplementary budget
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday requested Parliament to approve more than GH¢11. 8 billion to support government’s expenditure for remaining months...
Government revises 2020 GDP growth to 0.9 percent due to COVID-19
The Government has revised its growth target downwards to 0.9 percent for 2020 from the projected 6.8 percent due to the negative impact of...
Akufo-Addo’s government spends GHC20.14 billion in executing key campaign promises
The Akufo-Addo-led government has spent GHC20.14 billion in implementing the Free SHS, banking sector clean-up, recruitment of 100,000 NaBCo beneficiaries and restoring teacher/nursing trainee...
Sekyere South NCCE seeks stakeholder inputs on outreach programmes
The Sekyere South District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has held a day’s stakeholders’ consultative engagement to solicit inputs to...
Govt. must adopt financial literacy in educational curriculum – AFLO
The Alliance of Financial Literacy Organisation (AFLO) on Tuesday called on government to inculcate financial literacy into the educational curriculum to prepare students on...
Israeli deduction of taxes to worsen Palestinian financial crisis
The Israeli government's decision to deduct millions of U.S. dollars from Palestinian tax revenues will exacerbate the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s financial crisis in 2020,...
Telcos dodging taxes, or MoC doing propaganda?
It is fair to say, all other things being equal, even though everyone knows tax payment is a legal and moral obligation, no one likes...
Telcos in Ghana underpaid taxes from 2015 to 2017
Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has revealed that between 2015 and first quarter of 2017, government lost GHC300 million in VAT, Communications Service...
Adansi Trade Associations agree to pay their taxes
Members of various trade associations in the Adansi North and Adansi-Asokwa Districts, have agreed to honour their tax obligations promptly.
The move would enable their...
Let telecos pay taxes on mobile money transaction fees
Let telecos pay taxes on mobile money transaction fees
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Communications Minister on Thursday implored the Finance Minister and the Ghana...
U.S. plans new tariffs for EU liquors, airbus aviation products
The Trump administration said it plans to levy new tariffs on European exports worth more than $7 billion, including products like wine and whiskey,...
Little drops of taxes makes a mighty budget- Amponsah
A senior officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reiterated the need for Ghanaians to pay taxes as it is the country’s surest...
MTN Ghana Settles Taxes Totaling Gh₵1.5 Billion
Telecoms giant, MTN Ghana, last year, paid a total of GHC1.48 billion in taxes, out of which, GHC1.3 billion went to the Ghana Revenue...
In 2018 Mobile Operators Contributed Gh₵1.94 Billion in Taxes
Mr Ken Ashigbey, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has said network operators in 2018 paid a total of GH¢1.94...
GRA Vows to Collect More Taxes
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has expressed its determination to do all it can under the laws and employ innovative strategies to ensure that all...
Ghana’s President and Council of State Discuss Taxes
Members of the Council of State, Monday, called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to deliberate pertinent national issues, including the levels of taxes...
Tanzanian Small-Scale Miners happy over scrapped taxes
Tanzania's small-scale miners on Monday thanked President John Magufuli after Parliament last week endorsed a bill designed to reduce taxes imposed on mining.
"We...
DCE for Sissala West Ask Residents to Pay Taxes Often
The people of Sissala West, have been urged to honour their tax obligations to help the District Assembly generate more revenue to bring rapid...
World Bank Group 2019 Doing Business Report: Ghana makes a significant progress
Ghana has made progress to improve the ease of doing business, according to the World Bank Group 2019 Doing Business Report - Training for...
Every Economy Depends on Taxes for its Developmental Agenda
Mr James Anaman, a Retired Staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority has described taxes as the life blood of any economy aspiring for greater...
NCCE advises Ghanaians to pay their taxes for development
A Civic Education Officer of the National Commission for Civic Education, (NCCE), Mr David K Domeh, has urged citizens in the informal sector to...
Association Seeks GRA Support Over Their Taxes
Members of the Asante-Akim South branch of the Hairdressers and Beauticians Association of Ghana have called on the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to introduce...