Government struggling to pass E-levy<\/b><\/p>\n Townhall meetings being held for stakeholder consultations<\/p>\n Minority reiterate resolve to reject levy<\/p>\n Opposition to the Electronic Transactions Tax (E-levy) is set to hit the streets according to the youth wing of the National Democratic Congress, NDC.<\/p>\n George Opare Addo, the National Youth Organizer announced plans for the said protest via his Twitter handle on February 2, 2022, promising to release details soon.<\/p>\n His tweet referenced a quote by Thom Hartmann that read: \u201cActivism begins with you, democracy begins with you, get out there, get active! Tag, you’re it.\u201d <\/p>\n It continued: “This is a call to demonstrate our strongest opposition to this draconian levy. You can\u2019t be left out! This is our collective fight!! Details soon.”<\/p>\n The NDC Minority in Parliament has reiterated its dogged opposition to the E-levy as has the NDC party through its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who has stated that the levy is unjustified given the profligacy of the government.<\/p>\n A group led by former PNC chairman, Bernard Mornah, have earlier protested against the levy and are currently picketing against its passage at the precincts of Parliament.<\/p>\n People in government have repeatedly emphasized the need for the levy as part of efforts by the government to raise funds for roads and to tackle unemployment.<\/p>\n Background<\/b><\/p>\n On November 17, 2021, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced the introduction of a 1.75% tax on all electronic transactions during the 2022 budget presentation before parliament.<\/p>\n According to him, this new directive forms part of strategies to widen the country\u2019s tax net and raise funds to avert a return to the IMF amid an economic crunch brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n He added that the 1.75% tax supports the government’s employment initiative and protect the vulnerable in the country.<\/p>\n The E-levy since its announcement by the Finance Minister in November 2021 has received public backlash from some Ghanaians especially Members of Parliament from the Minority Caucus.<\/p>\n At a recent press conference, the Minister announced a number of modifications to the Bill and said the government continued to engage stakeholders on the bill ahead of resubmission before MPs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flyer for the NDC Youth Wing E-levy protest Government struggling to pass E-levy Townhall meetings being held for stakeholder consultations Minority reiterate resolve to reject levy Opposition to the Electronic Transactions Tax (E-levy) is set to hit the streets according to the youth wing of the National Democratic Congress, NDC. George Opare Addo, the National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Flyer](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/467\/46796492.295.jpg\" "\\"Flyer")
Flyer for the NDC Youth Wing E-levy protest<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n