{"id":66828,"date":"2024-02-16T06:16:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T06:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=66828"},"modified":"2024-02-16T05:56:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T05:56:15","slug":"minority-will-submit-a-private-members-bill-to-repeal-e-levy-other-nuisance-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/minority-will-submit-a-private-members-bill-to-repeal-e-levy-other-nuisance-taxes","title":{"rendered":"Minority will submit a private member\u2019s bill to repeal e-levy, other nuisance taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has said that his side of the House will submit a private member\u2019s bill to Parliament to compel President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to remove all the taxes considered nuisance including the e-levy.<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr Forson says he expects the Majority side of the House who endorsed the announcement of Dr Bawumia to remove the e-levy, to support this private member\u2019s bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Dr Bawumia wants the tax removed he should do it right now. We will get someone to bring a private members bill to get these taxes removed and we will see if the NPP will support it, e-levy, emission levy and some of the VATs<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Vice President has signaled to us that they don\u2019t want these taxes and we saw their MPs in favour of the vice president\u2019s position so we want to test whether it is genuine and so we will bring the bill before parliament and we will get them to vote for or vote against and see how it works,\u201d he told on Tuesday Febraury 13. However, Deputy Minister of Trade and Inistdy Stepna Amoah also said that the Minority Leader has not convinced him to support such a bill.<\/p>\n

Dr Bawumia had stated categorically that he would abolish the tax on electronic financial transactions, e-levy, if elected President of Ghana. The controversial tax was introduced in 2022, and prior to the introduction, Vice President Bawumia had declared his opposition to levies on electronic financial transactions in an interview.<\/p>\n

Delivering his first major address to the nation after his election as NPP flagbearer, during which he gave broad policy outlines of a Bawumia Presidency, Dr. Bawumia minced no words in declaring his opposition to taxes on electronic financial transactions, declaring that he would abolish e-levy as President.<\/p>\n

Dr Bawumia added that his bid for a Digital and Cashless Ghana would be significantly boosted if e-levy is abolished.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo move towards a cashless economy, however, we have to encourage the population to use electronic channels payment. To accomplish this, there will be no taxes on digital payments under my administration. The e-levy will therefore, be abolished,\u201d he declared at the UPSA auditorium on February 7.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia also announced that as part of a new tax regime by his government, he will also abolish the emission tax, tax on betting as well as the proposed 15% VAT on electricity tariffs, if it is in existence by January 2025.<\/p>\n

He also announced that his government would introduce what he described as a friendly, flat tax regime for Ghana, which will boost individuals and businesses, particularly small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy administration will introduce a very simple, citizen and business-friendly flat tax regime. A flat tax of a percentage of income for individuals and SMEs, which constitute 98% of all businesses in Ghana, with appropriate exemption thresholds set to protect the poor,\u201d Dr. Bawumia indicated.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. The Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has said that his side of the House will submit a private member\u2019s bill to Parliament to compel President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to remove all the taxes considered nuisance including the e-levy. 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