The aviation wing of the McDan Group of Companies, McDan Aviation, will today Friday, January 28, 2022, inaugurate Ghana's first private jet terminal at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra.
In its bid to push the contentious electronic tax through a thick wall of public opposition, the government has promised that if passed, there would be utter transparency in accounting for proceeds from the tax.
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said the proposed 1.75% levy on electronic transactions was long overdue and has urged public support for the tax.
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has set a tax target of GH¢80.3 billion for the 2022 revenue collection year, the Finance Ministry has announced.
An Accra High Court (Commercial Division) has ordered the Operator of Ghana’s Sankofa oil field, ENI Ghana Limited and its partner Vitol Upstream Ghana Limited to pay 30 per cent of revenue from the sale of crude oil to the Court Registrar.
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, denied reports claiming that he supports the E-levy, describing the tax on some electronic transactions as the worst idea.
The current economic situation will sooner than later compel the government to return to the International Monetary Fund for bailout fund or programme, Economist and Associate Professor at Niagara University in Canada, Dr. Dennis Nsafoah has revealed.
