{"id":744908,"date":"2019-11-14T21:26:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/14\/audio-ken-ofori-atta-disagrees-with-ursula-owusu-on-taxing-momo\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T21:26:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T21:26:59","slug":"audio-ken-ofori-atta-disagrees-with-ursula-owusu-on-taxing-momo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/14\/audio-ken-ofori-atta-disagrees-with-ursula-owusu-on-taxing-momo\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio: Ken Ofori-Atta disagrees with Ursula Owusu on taxing &#8216;Momo&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1432633194399_6490559961232.jpg\"   alt=\"MOMO\" title=\"MOMO\"\/><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=AQfTEhmp6hcRW3JTH\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is not considering taxing revenue secured from Mobile Money transactions.<\/p>\n<p>This is because he considers mobile money as a sector that was now seeing significant growth in value and transaction and should be allowed to grow before making any such tax considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ofori Atta revealed this in an exclusive interview with <strong>Ekosii Sen <\/strong>host, Philip Osei Bonsu, Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a new case being made by Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, on the need for mobile network operators to be taxed for the profit they make on mobile money.<\/p>\n<p>She argued that given the GH\u20b571 million profit made by the telecommunication networks, \u201cI think the GRA [Ghana Revenue Authority] ought to have a conversation with them [the government] about that [taxation]\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Finance Minister said the government would rather re-examine the tax regime in the country in 2020 before taking any decision.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that there was a need for a new consciousness for Ghanaians to understand the need to pay taxes for national development.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ofori Atta is certain if the citizens are able to see tangible projects of what their taxes are being used for, they will gladly pay if new taxes are introduced.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Ghana|Adomonline.com|Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is not considering taxing revenue secured from Mobile Money transactions. 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