Parliament suspends consideration on amended CST Bill

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USMAN 10 years ago

This is how far our useless university education has brought us.

This is how far our useless university education has brought us.
Mangotsonyanobi 10 years ago

It takes taxes for the government to raise money to help build our roads, electricity, water and etc. Even the developed Nations in Europe and USA pay heavy taxes. We all need to pay our fair share of tax. These foreign Coun ...
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It takes taxes for the government to raise money to help build our roads, electricity, water and etc. Even the developed Nations in Europe and USA pay heavy taxes. We all need to pay our fair share of tax. These foreign Countries are getting tired of giving aids to African.This six cent they talking about will go a long way in helping our Country.God, please Bless our homeland.
Selassie Dzokoto 10 years ago

Well said my man. However, these developed nations you mentioned have a strong anti-fraud mechanism that no group of people or individuals pockets the taxes collected. They use the monies for the very reasons they were collec ...
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Well said my man. However, these developed nations you mentioned have a strong anti-fraud mechanism that no group of people or individuals pockets the taxes collected. They use the monies for the very reasons they were collected. Here in Ghana as we speak, a looting brigade has been formed to loot whatever money was accumulated for sometime. We all need to think nationalistically.
Mangotsonyanobi 10 years ago

What is it going to take to get rid of corruption in Ghana. I thought President Rawling got rid of all the corrupt people in Ghana.
These bribery and corruption is eating Ghana alive we need to discuss these and find an earl ...
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What is it going to take to get rid of corruption in Ghana. I thought President Rawling got rid of all the corrupt people in Ghana.
These bribery and corruption is eating Ghana alive we need to discuss these and find an early solution to this. Even Cancer is now treatable. Has any body got a suggesting on how to get rid of this corrupt Cancer eating Ghana alive. We cant continue living lie this. Can laws be passed with heavy penalty imposed on any one caught indulging in that wicked and primitive bribery and corruption.
Lord have Mercy on Ghana
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insight to the bone 10 years ago

Since before independence we have been plagued by all sorts of ruthless , vicious and willfully authoritative govts that all have one thing in common , denying the right of free speech and proper analysis of the motives and a ...
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Since before independence we have been plagued by all sorts of ruthless , vicious and willfully authoritative govts that all have one thing in common , denying the right of free speech and proper analysis of the motives and agendas they seek to keep hidden . Most of these govts were led by people who didnt belong to the majority but rather minority tribes and very marginal political clans . starting with nkrumah who is praised to high heaven but this same oligarchy , he st in motion a climate of fierce political antagonism whereby moderate minds of a liberal persuasion had no business in participating as only the radicals could stand the heat .The MOTIVE , be able to spend without consensus or agreement the wealth of the nation ie in today's jargon chop Ghana money some . This style and system of government was perfected by kwasea rawlings and today we have pepeni whose agenda is finalse the colonization of the majority , the Akans with the assistance of the homicidal ayigbe and the idiot pepefuo . they now use the institution called the supreme court to gag all free thinking individuals so the climate is set to enslave and now steal the oil and gas. they tell us nkrumah was so good so i say to them we hope ghana breaks up and their first presidents are just like him. when we secede we give them all the gold reserves in Switzerland and pay them another 20 billion on top so these ewes and pepefuo are rich and let their nkrumah come and spend that money in 2 years and leave them in debt for 2000 years , that is our revenge . hopefully their first nkrumah presidents are just as manipulative and propagandists so a greater part of that money is used to secure the unity of the universe as thats a very good thing not only african or nigger unity . the rest of the money we graciously leave them should be used in establishing useless unsustainable businesses that only feed other economies and drain their own . yes we wish them well as they have to us for over 60 years . we in the meantime Akans will build a nation truly worthy of our capabilities and potentials with a minimum wage of not less than 10,000 dollars so our beers in our bars are at least 100 dollars so these pepefuo and ayigbe idiots can not afford to visit us just like the Japanese do to their ndc idols the Chinese , long live the republic of Akan
crusader 10 years ago

I find it irritating when people make comments like yours' Mangotsonyanobi. have you read of the revenue leakage at tema harbor alone, how many companies and individuals actually pay their taxes and have youbeen to any of our ...
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I find it irritating when people make comments like yours' Mangotsonyanobi. have you read of the revenue leakage at tema harbor alone, how many companies and individuals actually pay their taxes and have youbeen to any of our embassies to see the opulent display of non existent weath?!. No! the government sh'd plug the numerous revenue leakages before introducing new taxes .
Mangotsonyanobi 10 years ago

Do you have any concrete suggestions on how to get rid of bribery and corruption in Ghana?
We must pay our due taxes and at the same time we must find the right solution to the bribery and corruption that is eating Ghana ali ...
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Do you have any concrete suggestions on how to get rid of bribery and corruption in Ghana?
We must pay our due taxes and at the same time we must find the right solution to the bribery and corruption that is eating Ghana alive. Mr. Crusader, The staff at Embassies need to pick up their mops and clean their facilities. If you pay your tax on time, yes the Government can afford to buy more toilet tissues for the Embassies. We always want to complain, but when it comes to contributing our fair share to help Mother Ghana we hide. We need your tax money if not then the Government will use any means available to extract the money from you. Mr.Crusader help the Nation by paying you six cents tax when you use your cell phone. We,as Ghanaian Nationals, do not want to help ourselves, always sitting down and waiting for handout from foreign Governments. Note that it about time we help ourselves. These Foreign Countries are tired of us, always begging for aids. We need to pay our taxes.
crusader 10 years ago

no one is arguing against the fact that we have to pay reasonable tax. I have company in Ghana and I pay corporate tax of 25% (it has now been increased to 30%), import charges of anything between 25 to 45% (excluding the rec ...
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no one is arguing against the fact that we have to pay reasonable tax. I have company in Ghana and I pay corporate tax of 25% (it has now been increased to 30%), import charges of anything between 25 to 45% (excluding the recent increment), VAT of 12.5%, metropolitan assembly levy, employees' SSNIT contribution, my income tax to name a few and in addition to all that, i had to get a generator due to ongoing loadshedding and drill a borehole because there has been water for over a year. Believe it or not, I had to 'give' some one GHC500 to get my VAT invoice booklet to enable me pay VAT!! Mr. Mangotsonyanobi i pay my fair share of taxes and i believe i have the right to express my frustration. Oh by the way, do not think that the handouts are '"handouts" they have very dubious strings attached. Finally i made no mention of toiletries anywhere, i was referring to the wastage of money at our embassies.
Mangotsonyanobi 10 years ago

Mr. Crusader,I am glad to hear that you pay your fair share of taxes in Ghana. We need more men like you to carry Ghana burden on their shoulders
We need to support Mother Ghana no matter who is in power. Taxes need to be pa ...
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Mr. Crusader,I am glad to hear that you pay your fair share of taxes in Ghana. We need more men like you to carry Ghana burden on their shoulders
We need to support Mother Ghana no matter who is in power. Taxes need to be paid . You should be glad, you are blessed enough to afford to ship things to Ghana and at the same time helping the Ghana economy by hiring Ghanaians to work in your corporation
Those of us who have been blessed with businesses and living in foreign lands should emulated Mr. Crusader example in investing in Ghana economy
and pay their fair taxes.
Ghana need us. We need to help. God bless Mother Ghana
OSBON 10 years ago

Do you know that since they brought that CST bill into effect by Atta mortuary man NDC. the government as we speak charges 17USA cent a minute for all incoming overseas call. this now tax would have add another 6 USA cent per ...
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Do you know that since they brought that CST bill into effect by Atta mortuary man NDC. the government as we speak charges 17USA cent a minute for all incoming overseas call. this now tax would have add another 6 USA cent per minute total 23 USA cent a minute tax on incoming calls to Ghana, the highest in the world. I stand to be corrected.
This will set us back in our developments. China. USA, UK, Nigeria and so any countries don't charge any thing. They get their taxes from the profit the Phone companies made and VAT on the phone out going call Bills not incoming phone calls.
Kobina 10 years ago

The public cant really understand how our leaders intend rulling the economy. Additional call charges on we the have"nots. What a pity. Infact we cant produce cocoa, crude, bauxite, cant pay toll fees, taxes on all goods purc ...
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The public cant really understand how our leaders intend rulling the economy. Additional call charges on we the have"nots. What a pity. Infact we cant produce cocoa, crude, bauxite, cant pay toll fees, taxes on all goods purchaced in the country and still pay calls received from abroad. What are they saying? Gov't looses ghc 45 million, on what grounds and how. Please our leaders need to be careful about their actions cos its geting worse. The economy is broke.

oh ghana! Let weil for internal independence.
PAUL AFFUL 10 years ago

so since when did the ndc realize that we needed money so badly after helping cronies to loot and share almost one billion dollars thro the bogus and dubious jdebts ever since they came to power?....from attamills to john mah ...
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so since when did the ndc realize that we needed money so badly after helping cronies to loot and share almost one billion dollars thro the bogus and dubious jdebts ever since they came to power?....from attamills to john maham, the ndc has always claimed that ghana owed jdebts which was a falsehood to dupe the state despite our extreme poverty...and now they are looking for some more money to do what?.....ide bii keke....
mr. brain 10 years ago

we need to let this people no that they cannot take us for grandted.they should pursue all the judgement debt not innocent Ghanaians who want to communicate with thier loved once
nonsence!!!!!!!!!!

we need to let this people no that they cannot take us for grandted.they should pursue all the judgement debt not innocent Ghanaians who want to communicate with thier loved once
nonsence!!!!!!!!!!
NDC GUYS ARE WICKED 10 years ago

After looting all the money .now u want to put the burden on Ghanaians. by the way, where is woyome money

After looting all the money .now u want to put the burden on Ghanaians. by the way, where is woyome money
Paa Kwesi 10 years ago

THE #1 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY IS CHATTING WITH A FRIEND, LISTENING TO RADIO, AND MUSIC ON ONES PHONE WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO GHANAIANS DURING KUFFOUR'S TIME.NOW INSTEAD OF NDC GOVERNMENT IMPROVING ON I ...
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THE #1 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY IS CHATTING WITH A FRIEND, LISTENING TO RADIO, AND MUSIC ON ONES PHONE WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO GHANAIANS DURING KUFFOUR'S TIME.NOW INSTEAD OF NDC GOVERNMENT IMPROVING ON IT WANTS TO MAKE THE USE OF CELL PHONES IMPOSSIBLE IN THE COUNTRY. IS THIS AN ELECTION PROMISE? IF THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS MONEY WHY NOT COLLECT THE MONEY ILLEGALLY PAID TO WAYOMI AND SOME OF THE MINISTERS AND LEAVE THE POOR GHANAIAN TO ENJOY SOME LITTLE LIFE?
gg 10 years ago

SHAME TO THESE LEADERS WHO CANNOT RESTRUCTURE GHANA TAX SYSTEM INSTEAD OF TAXING BUSINESSES, WORKERS AND CREATING JOBS TO EARN TAXES THEY GOING AFTER PHONE CALL TAX SHAME TO THEM NO REMITTANCES, PHONE CALS ONCE A YEAR

SHAME TO THESE LEADERS WHO CANNOT RESTRUCTURE GHANA TAX SYSTEM INSTEAD OF TAXING BUSINESSES, WORKERS AND CREATING JOBS TO EARN TAXES THEY GOING AFTER PHONE CALL TAX SHAME TO THEM NO REMITTANCES, PHONE CALS ONCE A YEAR
Boye 10 years ago

ALREADY GHANA IS THE HIGHEST AMONG AFRICAN COUNTRIES. WHEN I BUY A CALLING CARD, IT HAS MORE UNITS/MINS WHEN IT IS USED TO CALL KENYA THAN GHANA

ALREADY GHANA IS THE HIGHEST AMONG AFRICAN COUNTRIES. WHEN I BUY A CALLING CARD, IT HAS MORE UNITS/MINS WHEN IT IS USED TO CALL KENYA THAN GHANA
MUGUYARO 10 years ago

Do this law makers think at all? who do they think is going to pay that bill? The providers are going to tack that 6 cents to the end user who work hard and remit the same foreign currency to their relatives in Ghana and have ...
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Do this law makers think at all? who do they think is going to pay that bill? The providers are going to tack that 6 cents to the end user who work hard and remit the same foreign currency to their relatives in Ghana and have to call to complete the transaction. Government benefit from all those transfers. Give us a brake you idiots in parliament.
OBIDEEABA, BELGIUM 10 years ago

If only the money will be used for the right thing it is a good thing. In Belgium the country is moving forward because of the taxes, but the taxes also goest direct into the goverment accounts therefore no one has access to ...
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If only the money will be used for the right thing it is a good thing. In Belgium the country is moving forward because of the taxes, but the taxes also goest direct into the goverment accounts therefore no one has access to steal it for personal use. there is a central bank accounts where all taxes and fines goes direct. It is not paid cash it is done automatically when for example u buy food from the shop u pay 21% tax from the total and the government sees it right away u dont need to employ people to collect them. Our ministers who have had the opportunity to stay outside knows it but they will never agree because of selfish interest. U dont need any university degree to know this. Ghana government wake up and establish a central bank accounts number where all taxes will be paid directly.
Kwaku Ampofo 10 years ago

Mail your dirty underwear to Ghana now and you will have to pay tax to get it back. For those who think there is nothing wrong to pay such a tax, go to the PO and Customs and you will be shocked to see the number of people wo ...
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Mail your dirty underwear to Ghana now and you will have to pay tax to get it back. For those who think there is nothing wrong to pay such a tax, go to the PO and Customs and you will be shocked to see the number of people working there doing nothing. Calls to Ghana now from US ranges from 18 to 28 cents/min which is too high. Calling love ones back in Ghana should not be a luxury. Go ahead and I will cut down my calls to Ghana.
' and Jesus wept ' 10 years ago

The government will first have to earn our trust by first cracking the whip on tax defaulters and making them pay. And those engaged in corrupt businesses to dupe the nation should not be spared either.

The government will first have to earn our trust by first cracking the whip on tax defaulters and making them pay. And those engaged in corrupt businesses to dupe the nation should not be spared either.
KUTXA. Bayoine.France 10 years ago

The government should be very careful about the way it is going about this bills.Communications is very important tools to developing a country such as ours.The government should rather try and sort out ways and means of taki ...
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The government should be very careful about the way it is going about this bills.Communications is very important tools to developing a country such as ours.The government should rather try and sort out ways and means of taking back our Ghana Telecom which was dubiously and criminally sold by Kufour and his cronies after NPP members have been given a five thousand dollars bribe each.Why should Ghanaians suffer and pay for a criminal act by Kufour and his gangs.We deserve better.Why should a single secondhand mobile phone sent to Ghana attract a tax more than the amount it has purchased? Mr president please wake up! For Ghana to make a headway, communications should be accessible to all Ghanaians and not to a few.Enough of the incompetent and foresight!
ADABRAKA 10 years ago

If govt is losing Ghc 45 million a month, is the govt not spending recklessly somewhere? Why pinch the consumer?

Has the govt thought of improving the telecom network? Citizens of Naija, India and almost the Asiatic conti ...
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If govt is losing Ghc 45 million a month, is the govt not spending recklessly somewhere? Why pinch the consumer?

Has the govt thought of improving the telecom network? Citizens of Naija, India and almost the Asiatic continent can talk more for less from abroad, they have high population so unit cost is less anyway, Ghana can improve the telecom network to allow Ghanaians abroad talk more to relatives. After all, govt do nothing to them at home. A Ghanaian abroad is so poor that you have to send home now and often, because Gh govt seems not improving standard of living.

Mahama under Mills praised they are earning more from remittances to families from abroad. K4 also said the same thing during his term. But that disgraces them so much, if a country relies on this economically, it got no future. It means bad mgt by govt make citizens poor and families abroad couldnt come home for 'funeral'of their loved ones, hence they squeeze to send money home.
Egya 10 years ago

I do not believe this. The tax on fishermen and regular Ghanaian businesses are passed but that on giant telecom companies with bribe money is stalled - ?????

I do not believe this. The tax on fishermen and regular Ghanaian businesses are passed but that on giant telecom companies with bribe money is stalled - ?????
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XYZ 10 years ago

It cost 23.9 cents to make a call to Ghana but 6.9 cent to make a call to Nigeria. All the NDC wants is an avenue to collect money to "chop"- Port and Harbors, Telephone... what else? No idea to generate income overload a sin ...
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It cost 23.9 cents to make a call to Ghana but 6.9 cent to make a call to Nigeria. All the NDC wants is an avenue to collect money to "chop"- Port and Harbors, Telephone... what else? No idea to generate income overload a single source-theives
Nana 10 years ago

This government is making the People of Ghana carry the burden of their shortsightedness and DUMB Gorvernance. Double Taxing the People is not the answer, CREATING Condition for EMPLOYMENT is the RIGHT SOLUTION.

This government is making the People of Ghana carry the burden of their shortsightedness and DUMB Gorvernance. Double Taxing the People is not the answer, CREATING Condition for EMPLOYMENT is the RIGHT SOLUTION.
Preacher 10 years ago

The NPP have closeed their minds to under mine the intergrity of the House. Come to Lebanon and see for your self. If u buy a phone in Lebanon u cannot used in Ghana. Those phone that can be used in Ghana are not registered. ...
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The NPP have closeed their minds to under mine the intergrity of the House. Come to Lebanon and see for your self. If u buy a phone in Lebanon u cannot used in Ghana. Those phone that can be used in Ghana are not registered. Meaning that every phone used in Lebanon is registered with serial number. You either buy a phone used it in Lebanon and cannot used it Ghana or buy a phone to used it Ghana and cannot used in Lebanon. There are charges on credit that u even buy. All these are done to get revenue for the government. NPP dont sit down and pretend to know while you dont. Shame on u all.
Sakura 10 years ago

What has Lebanon got to do with taxes in Ghana? Why not use Japan, Brazil, Israel, Australia or Venezuela? Enjoy your life with hezbola. Your argument is extremely confusing.

What has Lebanon got to do with taxes in Ghana? Why not use Japan, Brazil, Israel, Australia or Venezuela? Enjoy your life with hezbola. Your argument is extremely confusing.
Abigi 10 years ago

Soon you will be taxing the dead. How on earth are you going to tax email messages? By the way, how much TAX did Woyome paid on his payments? How much did Mosquito paid on his BLOCK supplies? How tax did Mahama paid for the $ ...
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Soon you will be taxing the dead. How on earth are you going to tax email messages? By the way, how much TAX did Woyome paid on his payments? How much did Mosquito paid on his BLOCK supplies? How tax did Mahama paid for the $20 million Woyome donated to NDC campaign?
Abigi 10 years ago

PPAY not paid

PPAY not paid
TWEEEAAA 10 years ago

Dunderheads.

Dunderheads.
Sakura 10 years ago

Please just reduce the size of our government. We need sensible answers to the following questions:
1. Do we need over 200 members of parliament?
2. Can we sustain the number of ministers and deputy ministers running aroun ...
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Please just reduce the size of our government. We need sensible answers to the following questions:
1. Do we need over 200 members of parliament?
2. Can we sustain the number of ministers and deputy ministers running around?
3. How much do we as a nation fork out each month to support this bloated government?
4. Why so many quasi-government entities?

Our leaders have not done anything to justify tax increases. The government needs to shed more fat before asking the citizens to pay more taxes. It is sad that all this money will be used for the fat paychecks of our politicians and ministers who don't know anything except spending.

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