{"id":1075514,"date":"2022-05-04T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/04\/supreme-court-to-hear-minoritys-suit-against-e-levy-implementation-today\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T09:04:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:04:36","slug":"supreme-court-to-hear-minoritys-suit-against-e-levy-implementation-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/04\/supreme-court-to-hear-minoritys-suit-against-e-levy-implementation-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to hear Minority\u2019s suit against E-levy implementation today"},"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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG-20200506-WA0009-1-Copy-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Ghana's Supreme Court\" title=\"Ghana's Supreme Court\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana&#8217;s Supreme Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Supreme Court will today, May 4, 2022 hear the application brought before it by three Minority MPs against the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy).<\/p>\n<p>The MPs filed the suit on Tuesday, April 19, following the bill\u2019s passage by the Majority Caucus on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, despite a walkout by the Minority Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>They contend that Parliament did not have the required number of at least half of its members present when the controversial tax policy was approved.<\/p>\n<p>The three MPs, led by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, want the Supreme Court to declare that the said approval was contrary to law.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two other MPs are Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu and Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga.<\/p>\n<p>The MPs insist that the levy would worsen the plight of Ghanaians in the face of current harsh economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The MPs subsequently sought an injunction against the implementation pending its substantive case; however, that did not stop it from seeing the light of day.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Mr Ablakwa has said they have given express instructions to their lawyers to cite the Attorney General, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), for contempt of court.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, after its implementation on May 1, the new tax policy has faced a lot of criticisms.<\/p>\n<p>Some include the failure of the system to identify and exempt transactions below \u00a2100 as stipulated in the Act.Tags: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"yZxZqCL-Xls\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I don&#039;t know anything about her pregnancy, I&#039;m not responsible - Ex-Husband - Obra on Adom.\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yZxZqCL-Xls?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s Supreme Court The Supreme Court will today, May 4, 2022 hear the application brought before it by three Minority MPs against the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy). 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