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Bank customers panic at 17.5% VAT

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  • Nii 10 years ago

    God save this country.
    Our leaders are frustrated.

  • AMERICAN SOLDIER 10 years ago

    MY INVESTIGATIONS HAS REVEALED THAT 60-80% OF ALL REVENUES COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT DOES NOT GET TO THE GOVERNMENT, THEN THE 20% THAT GETS TO THE GOVERNMNENT IS ALSO ABUSED. ALL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO IS TO SEAL THE ...
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  • Kick NDC out 10 years ago

    Mahama and his government are just stupid and useless, Foolstop

  • Solomon 10 years ago

    VAT is due on service charges as it is for all other industries, It is not due on financial transactions - a lot of noise about nothing - this is poor inflammatory reporting, which at beast is ill informed, and and worst deli ...
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  • AMERICAN SOLDIER 10 years ago

    GOV SPEAK WITH RETIRED AUDITORS OF THE REVENUE AGENCIES TO UNDERSTAND THE LEAKAGES SO THEY CAN COUNTER THE TACTICS OF ON THE GROUND REVENUE COLLECTORS

  • boss 10 years ago

    So I go the bank for a loan. The bank charges me service fees for the loan and the gov't charges 17.5% VAT on top of that. All for a loan that I have to pay back to the bank with interest.

  • kwasi 10 years ago

    wake up Ghana people what we need to do is run on the banks take out all our money and be united for a change
    and you will see how the evil mahama
    government and the banksters get real fast and stop the nonsense.

  • AMERICAN SOLDIER 10 years ago

    ANY GOVERNMENT THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN LEADING THIS INTO PROSPERITY MUST FIND WAYS TO MINIMIZE THE LEAKAGES IN IRS, AMA, CUSTOMS, ETC

  • KANE 10 years ago

    Sooner rather than later. many bank customers in Ghana will stop saving their monies in Ghana's commercial banks.

    That's when Mahama and Terkper will know what creates economic cycles.

    By their fiscal and monetary polic ...
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  • Kojo Nkrumah 10 years ago

    My question is, as a country are we ready for this taxes? How many people understand this banking services at all ,etc .
    Now that the law is backing it strongly then there should be proper public education both in english an ...
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  • naas 9 years ago

    Dis NDC gov't has notyn better for us
    Dey jxt want to chop all our money by any means tdae is 17.5 by de time we will throw dem lik stone it will more
    Pals we need a good leader not dis idiots

  • GHANAIAN IN UK 9 years ago

    CAN SOMETBODY TELL ME IF THE NEW VAT RATE AFFECT TRESURY BILLS AND FIXED DEPOSIT?

  • GHANAIAN IN UK 9 years ago

    I PLAN INVESTING IN TRESURY BILL OR FIXED DEPOSIT IN GHANA. MAY I KNOW IF IT IS AFFECTED BY THE NEW VAT RATE?