The Minority in Parliament has criticised the John Dramani Mahama administration for approving a $10.4million tax waiver for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Limited in connection with the implementation of the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) project.
Under the agreement, the government has exempted TCS from a 20% withholding tax and Value Added Tax on its income, a move aimed at offering financial relief to the company and facilitating the smooth rollout of the ITAS initiative.
Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh, speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, questioned the credibility of the NDC government, arguing that it had previously opposed more than 40 tax waiver requests presented under the Akufo-Addo administration.
“I don’t know what you have been telling Ghanaians. On one breath, tax exemptions brought to this chamber by the NPP administration to create jobs for the youth were turned down. One can only imagine the jobs that would have been created at the time when about 47 taxes were opposed.
“Today, we are being invited to be part of an illegality — something they spoke against. We are opposed to these waivers, and I don’t know the justification you will give to Ghanaians,” he said.
However, the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, refuted the Minority’s claims, explaining that the original contract was signed under the Akufo-Addo administration, not by the current government.
“I have not signed this contract. In fact, the new Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Anthony Sarpong, never signed these.
“…I am here to make sure the right things are done — I am cleaning your mess,” he said.
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