{"id":450776,"date":"2017-12-29T09:56:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T09:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/government-to-pay-more-attention-to-property-rate-in-2018\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T09:56:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T09:56:24","slug":"government-to-pay-more-attention-to-property-rate-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/government-to-pay-more-attention-to-property-rate-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to pay more attention to property rate in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/17834149.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vetting Osafo Marfo \" title=\"Vetting Osafo Marfo \" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Osafo Maafo said lack of good property rate collection system affects domestic revenue mobilization<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514541384_865_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has said lack of a good property rate collection system is adversely affecting domestic revenue mobilization.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Joy Business, Mr Osafo Maafo said the government would look out for innovative ways to increase revenue from property rate collection in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He thinks property rate collection will be a significant contributor to the nation\u2019s purse from next year.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ghana is already enjoying some goodwill from international partners and investors because of the good case the country presented at this year\u2019s World Bank\/IMF spring meetings<\/p>\n<p>Mr Osafo Maafo has also been explaining the effect of some goodwill from Ghana\u2019s international partners that are likely to affect the economic fortunes of the country moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 budget focused on growing the economy would create a business-friendly environment for investments.<\/p>\n<p>The government failed to meet the revenue generation target in the first half of the year 2017 as a result of many tax cuts and abolishment in the budget statement and economic policy of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osafo Maafo said lack of good property rate collection system affects domestic revenue mobilization Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has said lack of a good property rate collection system is adversely affecting domestic revenue mobilization. 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