{"id":608888,"date":"2019-04-19T17:02:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.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\/2085"},"modified":"2019-04-19T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:02:44","slug":"car-owners-dealers-welcome-mahamas-promise-to-abolish-luxury-vehicle-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/19\/car-owners-dealers-welcome-mahamas-promise-to-abolish-luxury-vehicle-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Car owners &#038; dealers welcome Mahama\u2019s promise to abolish Luxury Vehicle tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.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\/20857055.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama Easter Tour.png\" title=\"Mahama Easter Tour.png\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The former President has promised to scrap the Luxury Vehicle tax if he wins power in 2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Vehicle and Assets Dealers Association of Ghana has described as welcoming Former President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s promise to abolish the Luxury Vehicles Tax, should his party win the general election in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing some drivers during his Pre-Easter Walkabout in Accra on Thursday, the former President described the Tax as ill-conceived which has over-burdened the ordinary driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy government will abolish the Luxury Vehicles Tax from 2021, if the Akufo-Addo government refuses to suspend or scrap it,\u201d Former President Mahama has said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mahama pointed out that the new tax is a liability and not generating that much revenue, wondering why government would not scrap it.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Vehicle and Assets Dealers Association, Eric Kweku Boateng told Starr FM that the Luxury tax is collapsing their businesses and therefore members of his group welcome Mr. Mahama\u2019s promise in that regard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re hungry and somebody said, my brother I can give you food to eat. So what do you do? You just accept,\u201d  he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The luxury vehicles tax was introduced by the Akufo-Addo-led administration to tax vehicles with bigger engine capacities.<\/p>\n<p>The group last month staged a demonstration against the luxury vehicle tax in Accra, protesting the levy.<\/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>General News of Friday, 19 April 2019 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2019-04-19 The former President has promised to scrap the Luxury Vehicle tax if he wins power in 2020 The Vehicle and Assets Dealers Association of Ghana has described as welcoming Former President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s promise to abolish the Luxury Vehicles Tax, should his party win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608888","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 - 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