{"id":608861,"date":"2019-04-19T15:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T15:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n2019-04-19\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/3451"},"modified":"2019-04-19T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T15:02:46","slug":"bagging-only-ghc25m-from-ill-advised-luxury-car-tax-means-it-must-go-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/19\/bagging-only-ghc25m-from-ill-advised-luxury-car-tax-means-it-must-go-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagging only GHC25m from &#8216;ill-advised&#8217; luxury car tax means it must go \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/34515817.295.jpg\" alt=\"John Dramani Mahama Pen\" title=\"John Dramani Mahama Pen\" width=\"295\" height=\"240\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President John Dramani Mahama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former President John Mahama has said he will scrap the luxury car tax imposed by the Akufo-Addo government, should he win the 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cill-conceived\u201d tax, he said, has brought untold hardship to commercial drivers and their business, thus, his aim to let it go.<\/p>\n<p>During his pre-Easter Walkabout in some major bus terminals in Accra, such as Tudu, Kwame Nkrumah Circle and Kaneshie, the flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) said: \u201cNot too long ago, the government introduced the luxury vehicle tax.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tax was not well-thought through before it was rolled out. They should have exempted all commercial vehicles\u201d, he told the drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Maham explained that: \u201cThere are commercial vehicles without the yellow plates, but rather white plates, yet they carry commercial goods\u201d, so, \u201cOnce they exceed three litres, they are charged this luxury tax\u201d, adding: \u201cThis has brought untold hardship on some of the drivers, especially those who work for the companies and others\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust recently\u201d, he said, \u201cI heard that the government has only been able to raise GHS25 million from the luxury tax. If that is the case, then they should abolish it. If they don\u2019t, we the NDC government will abolish it when we come into power,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The luxury car tax was introduced in the middle of 2018 through the mid-year budget. It was projected to bag about GHS104 million by the end of December last year. The tax affects all vehicles with engine capacities of 2.9 litres and above. It is projected to rake in GHS300 million by the end of 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>Business News of Friday, 19 April 2019 Source: classfmonline.com 2019-04-19 Former President John Dramani Mahama Former President John Mahama has said he will scrap the luxury car tax imposed by the Akufo-Addo government, should he win the 2020 general elections. The \u201cill-conceived\u201d tax, he said, has brought untold hardship to commercial drivers and their business, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bagging only GHC25m from &#039;ill-advised&#039; luxury car tax means it must go \u2013 Mahama - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/19\/bagging-only-ghc25m-from-ill-advised-luxury-car-tax-means-it-must-go-mahama\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bagging only GHC25m from &#039;ill-advised&#039; luxury car tax means it must go \u2013 Mahama - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Business News of Friday, 19 April 2019 Source: classfmonline.com 2019-04-19 Former President John Dramani Mahama Former President John Mahama has said he will scrap the luxury car tax imposed by the Akufo-Addo government, should he win the 2020 general elections. 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