Adnan Adams Mohammed
The Finance Minister designated, Dr Casiel Ato Forson, has assured Ghanaians to expect the first budget of the current administration to abolish E-levy, betting tax and COVID-19 levy.
He made this revelation during his vetting in Parliament today.
The Minister designate, insisted that those taxes are nuisance taxes which he cannot easily identify their nature as either they are direct or indirect taxes.
“The betting tax brings in less than GHC50 million annually”, Dr Ato Forson posited. “Such tax if scrapped cannot affect the country.”
Also, he explained that, the introduction of the E-levy fights the cashless economy agenda successive government have intended to pursue.
“Elevy will be abolished in first budget within the 120days as promised”, he said.
