GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO WITHDRAW E-LEVY BILL FROM PARLIAMENT TODAY

February 12, 2022
3 years ago

Government is expected to pull back the controversial Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy) Bill from Parliament nowadays, February 11, 2022.



A unused Charge is, be that as it may, expected to be laid afterward at a looked into rate of 1.5%.


Talking to JoyNews on Thursday, the Appointee Larger part Whip, Habib Iddrisu, said subtle elements of the unused Charge might not be laid on Friday.


“The e-exact will not come Friday [nowadays]. The trade explanation will be displayed by the Lion's share Pioneer and we'll know from the Commerce Explanation when the E-levy is coming,” he said.




In the interim, the government said a bailout from the Worldwide Money related Support (IMF) isn't in its plans to reestablish fiscal soundness within the nation.


Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta demands that the repercussion of looking for a bailout will not be positive for Ghana’s fortunes.


“Results are critical, we are a glad nation, we have the assets, we have the capacity. We are not individuals of brief-locate, but we ought to move on,” he said on Thursday at the third Town Lobby Assembly in Tamale.



“I can say; we are not progressing to the IMF. Anything we do, we are not… So let’s think of who we are as solid pleased individuals, the sparkling star of Africa, and we have the capacity to do anything we need to do in case we talk one dialect and guarantee that we share the burden within the issues ahead,” he said.


This comes within the wake of financial challenges confronting the nation which have provoked theory around a conceivable step within the IMF’s course.