{"id":723689,"date":"2019-10-15T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/telcos-right-in-upfront-9-cst-charge-imani-africa\/"},"modified":"2019-10-15T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:14:05","slug":"telcos-right-in-upfront-9-cst-charge-imani-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/telcos-right-in-upfront-9-cst-charge-imani-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Telcos right in upfront 9% CST charge \u2013 Imani Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/telcos-right-in-upfront-9-cst-charge-imani-africa\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Telcos-696x418.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Telcos\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Vice president for Imani Africa,\u00a0Kofi Bentil, has said that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are right in charging the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST) upfront, and are not flouting the law in doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bentil said, during an interview on Joy FM\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Super Morning Show<\/strong>\u00a0on Monday, that the tax is a consumption tax, hence the telcos have the right to either absorb it or pass it on to its customers.<\/p>\n<p>The CST, which has been increased from 6% to 9%, has been\u00a0applied by the telcos to any recharge purchase<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>bysubscribers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe telcos have done no wrong. It is a prerogative of the telcos to choose if they want to absorb a tax or not. Especially where the government chooses that the tax be a consumption tax like VAT. That by definition means the tax should be paid directly by the consumer,\u201d he told sit-in host, Daniel Dadzie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe upfront deductions are not in conflict with the law. It is what the law requires them to do. The only difference is that we are being informed by the telcos of the actual amount which is being deducted upfront,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really do not see a difference in me being charged the tax upfront and when I use it as and when I consume. If the computation is right, the upfront deduction and the charge from when the consumer is taking it up becomes the same. So really I don\u2019t see how the lack of upfront deduction ameliorates the situation consumers find themselves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Communications Ministry has said MNOs defying the October 11 directive on the CST will be sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: JoyBusiness<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice president for Imani Africa,\u00a0Kofi Bentil, has said that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are right in charging the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST) upfront, and are not flouting the law in doing so. Mr Bentil said, during an interview on Joy FM\u2019s\u00a0Super Morning Show\u00a0on Monday, that the tax is a consumption tax, hence the telcos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":723690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Telcos right in upfront 9% CST charge \u2013 Imani Africa - 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\/10\/15\/telcos-right-in-upfront-9-cst-charge-imani-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Telcos right in upfront 9% CST charge \u2013 Imani Africa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Vice president for Imani Africa,\u00a0Kofi Bentil, has said that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are right in charging the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST) upfront, and are not flouting the law in doing so. 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