The journey to educate Ghanaians; and the Parliamentary battle for the approval of the controversial Electronic Levy ( E-Levy), bill is still ongoing.<\/p>\n
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The Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta On 17th November 2021, announced the proposed Electronic Transaction tax; which when approved, will come into effect on 1st February 2022.<\/p>\n
The Electronic Levy, also known as the Momo tax, when approved, is a charge of 1.75% of the value of electronic transactions above GHs 100 (US$16) per day. According to Ken Ofori Atta, the E-levy would apply to electronic transaction like mobile money payments, bank transfers, merchant payments, and inward remittances.<\/p>\n
Since its announcement by the Finance Minister last year 2021, the e-levy has divided Ghanaians; causing brawl among parliamentarians in Parliament, and creating heated debated in Ghana and on Social media.<\/p>\n
In attempts to educate and convince Ghanaians; and also to explain the importance of the well talked about E-levy, the Government of Ghana, led by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is organizing town hall meetings.<\/p>\n
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Today’s town hall meeting which took place at Koforidua in the Eastern Region, featured Mr. Ken Ofori Atta-Minister for Finance, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful-Minister for Communication and Digitization, Honorable Kojo Oppong Nkrumah-Minister for Information, and the Deputy Majority Leader i Parliament, Honorable Alexander Afenyo-Markin.<\/p>\n
Ken Ofori-Atta, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and Alexander Afenyo-Markin during their presentations at the meeting explained the various benefits of the e-levy and why Ghanaians must accept it.<\/p>\n
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The fact of the matter is, the ordinary Ghanaian is NOT bothered about the full details or any further education on the e-levy…we already know much. The ordinary Ghanaian is already paying too many taxes and wouldn’t want to pay new ones, especially from their mobile money wallets.<\/p>\n
We still remember what President Nana Addo and Bawaumia told Ghanaians, when they needed power; they told us, that when Ghanaians vote for them, they would move the country from ‘taxation to production’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We also remember when they told us, when they needed power, that the NDC Mahama administration had burdened Ghanaians with too many taxes, and that ‘taxation is a lazy man’s approach’!\u00a0<\/p>\n
What has changed now? We still have too many taxes…why is the Nana Addo Bawumia Government trying to introduce E-levy? Is the E-levy not a tax?<\/p>\n
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In simple term, we dont want any e-levy…we simply dont want to pay any tax on our mobile money transactions. Ken Ofori Atta and the New Patriotic Party Government must withdraw the e-levy tax in its entirety…we reject the tax, mo matter how they present it… we will still resist it!<\/p>\n
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