“Supreme Court shall continue to treat our e-Levy case without any sense of urgency” - Ablakwa
The Supreme Court has been fingered in the 2023 forecasts as outlined by Member of Parliament for South Tongu, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa. According to the legislator, the posture of the Apex Court in the matter relating to their petition about the procedure for passing the Electronic Levy (E-Levy) has raised serious concerns.
E-levy: Not Even 1Billion Has Been Made From The Estimated 60 Billion; Nana Akufo-Addo Must Do This
It is so sad that, the government of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo brought an initiative to raise much money to fix the country, as it has been demonstrated across the country, but majority of Ghanaians have not supported the move thus, government is not able to meet its target to fix the country.
Dennis Miracles Aboagye Left ‘Speechless’ After Female Host Boldly Debunked His Arguments
Dennis Miracles Aboagye is one of the emerging strong communicators of the ruling New Patriotic Party. He has now become one of the toughest debaters on political shows when he comes up against panelists from other political parties. For some weeks, Dennis’ pedigree is being compared to Sammy Gyamfi.
1% E-levy: MoMo users to be reimbursed
Following the imposition of the 1% fee on electronic transfers, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has promised to refund mobile money users who have been unfairly overcharged. On Wednesday, January 11, the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy transition )'s from 1.5 to 1 percent began.
The Reduction Of E-Levy
The controversial Electronic Levy (E-Levy); from its announcement by the Finance Minister- Ken Ofori-Atta; through its passage by Parliament, to its implementation in May 2022, has been one of the biggest 'bone of contention' in Ghana's Fourth Republic. It is one single policy by a government in Ghana, that successfully divided the nation; and turning the hearts of many against the government.
Ghanaians Are Now Paying The E-levy Because They Say The NDC Misinformed Them – Presidential Staffer
The E-levy has been one of the most talked about levy in the past 8 month. Since the first day the tax was mentioned Ghanaians have had reasons to question why this tax was necessary. The opposition NDC also started a campaign against the passage of the tax.
"This Is Naked Thievery"; Sammy Gyamfi Drops Fresh Allegation About The E-levy; Ghanaians React
The National Communications Officer for the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi has dropped some allegations against this NPP government concerning the E-levy. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, Sammy Gyamfi revealed that the E-levy is not supposed to be charged on the first threshold of ¢100 made in a day.
E-Levy: Revenue Projection Continue To Drop As Gov’t Rakes Less Than 7% Of Its Target
New data from the Finance Ministry shows a significant shortfall in revenue from the controversial electronic transfer levy, popularly referred to as E-Levy. The data released last Wednesday indicate that the government has raked in less than seven per cent (7%) of its E-levy projected target.
Will You Pay E-levy If The Rate Is Reduced To 1%? ; Ghanaians Massively React To This Question
TV3 Ghana, one of Ghana's most reputable media houses has shared a story on social media. In such post, the media house asked Ghanaians whether they will pay the E-levy if the rate is reduced to 1% or even reduced further to 0.5%. A lot of Ghanaians have reacted to this question and below are some reactions.
Gov't Is Defeating Its Own E-levy Revenue Target With The Deactivation Of Sim Cards
The most talked-about news among Ghanaians is the government's intention to disconnect all sim card that are not fully re-registered. Nana Kwaku Gyabeng, who is the Managing Director of Wassa East based radio station, Wassaman Fm at Wassa Ateiku in the Wassa East district of western region has revealed that, the government is fighting itself with the punitive measures that has been enrolled by national communication authority to deactivate all sim cards that have not been fully reregistered.
Contractors want to know how much E-levy money has been set aside for construction projects.
The Ghana Chamber of Construction Industries has urged the government to declare revenue allocated for road construction from E-levy collection in 2023. In courting public support for the passage of the E-levy Bill in 2022, the government stated that the revenue generated would be used to address the country's unemployment rate and road construction.
Give Dr. Amoah That Job Now;Ghana Needs An Economist Like Him To Solve Our Issues-He Should Be Tried
Ghana has been experiencing challenges with all our major economic indicators; From our GDP to our foreign reserves and more importantly our inflation rate. What is the economic management team doing about the inflation rate of 29.8 percent? What can be done to stop the depreciation of the cedi?
Don't Blame Ken Ofori Atta: See Reasons Why The Finance Minster Should Be Left Alone
The constitution requires the Finance Minister to place major policy before Parliament. The MPs kept approving. Which major policy of Ken's can the parliamentarians wash their hands off? On E-Levy, surprisingly, even the minority disappeared at a critical juncture. And then headed to the Supreme Court.
Minority Wants Gov't To Review E-Levy Rate To 0.5% With A Tax-Free Daily Threshold Of GHC300
The Minority caucus in parliament has asked the government to review the e-levy rate to gain their support. They have asked the government to reduce it to 0.5% with a tax-free daily threshold of GHC300. The MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, asserted his caucus will ardently push for e-levy review in parliament.
Reduce the rate on E-levy to achieve target- Prof. Peter Quartey serves a notice
The government has received recommendations for the e-levy rate from Professor Peter Quartey, the director of the University of Ghana's Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), via the television network TV3. He suggested the reduction in the e-levy rate is better and can help the government meet their revenue goal.
Block My SIM Today, I'm Tired Of Receiving Calls - Captain Smart Boldly Tells Ursula Owusu
Ghanaians are extremely fed up with Nana Addo's administration due to the hardship in the country and the government's forced measures, such as the E-levy and Compulsory registration of SIM Cards with ECOWAS (GhanaCard). Following the SIM Card registration with a Ghana card, the Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu, made it clear that individuals who do not register their SIM cards by July 31, 2022, will have their SIM cards revoked.
The NDC Corrupted The E-Levy - Awal Mohammed
Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, Awal Mohammed has come out to say that the New Democratic Congress corrupted the implementation of the E-Levy. According to him, the E-Levy was introduced by the government to prevent going to seek financial breakthroughs from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and was bastardized by the NDC.
The Economic 'Wizard' Has Become An IT Comical Champion:Scrap E-Levy And Other 'Nuisance' Taxes Now
At a Press Conference organised by the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi has made some strong statements targeted at improving the economic situation. Sammy Gyamfi has stated that Ken Ofori Atta and Dr. Bawumia seem to have given up on managing the economy hence projecting an inflation of 28.5 percent.
Will Ghana follow Tanzania in abolishing the E-LEVY?
Starting October 1, 2022, Tanzanians will say farewell to moving charges on money withdrawals through banks, versatile cash specialists, and ATMs for Tsh30,000 ($12.81) and below, on account of government strategy. The government is deferring moving expenses to encourage more people to use portable cash and other advanced financial administrations after its charges on such exchanges caused people to disregard those administrations.
What becomes of the Ghanaian economy after the IMF bail out?
Ghana has been trending all over the world when news broke that they will be going to International Monetary Fund for bail out. Bail out is when you seek for help financially from available means but the question that people have been asking themselves is that 'What went wrong'.