{"id":666786,"date":"2019-07-29T09:40:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T09:40:35","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div>\n            <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><figure><img width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/finance-minister-lied-to-us-over-vat-increase-ato-forson.jpg\"   a"},"modified":"2019-07-29T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T09:40:35","slug":"ato-forsons-prediction-ahead-of-mid-year-budget-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/29\/ato-forsons-prediction-ahead-of-mid-year-budget-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Ato Forson&#8217;s prediction ahead of Mid-year Budget Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/finance-minister-lied-to-us-over-vat-increase-ato-forson.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Finance Minister lied to us over VAT increase - Ato Forson\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson is predicting tax increases ahead of the Mid-year budget review. <\/p>\n<p>His prediction, according to him, is based on comments made by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah and other government appointees ahead of the Mid-year Budget Review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Video: Fire guts NIB building at Kokomlemle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> \u201cBrace-up for untold hardship as government is likely to increase tax on fuel (energy sector levies ESLA) and talk tax in its Mid-year review,\u201d he stated in an interview on Adom FM\u2019s morning show, <strong>Dwaso Nsem <\/strong>programme, Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Forson bemoaned how a government, which promised to bring respite to Ghanaians, is rather burdening them with more taxes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Terkper shares thoughts on 2019 Mid-year review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to caution government you should be careful not to burden when coming out with a tax policy. An increase in fuel tax will result in a hike in the pump prices of fuel products including LPG and have a cascading effect on price of transportation, prices of goods and services, general cost of living, and eventually on general hardships in the country,\u201d the Former Deputy Finance Minister opined. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Forson, who is also the Member of Parliament  for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency in the Central Region, maintained that all the Akufo-Addo government has done is to introduce \u201ceconomically inefficient policies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Volta: NDC Parliamentary aspirant becomes paralyzed after filing nomination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He urged Ghanaians to brace themselves up for untold hardships because government will \u201coffload its burden on us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2019 Mid-year Budget Review in Parliament on Monday July 29, 2019. <\/p>\n<p>Source: Ghana|Adomonline.com|Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson is predicting tax increases ahead of the Mid-year budget review. His prediction, according to him, is based on comments made by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah and other government appointees ahead of the Mid-year Budget Review. 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