‘Impose special levy on imported items’

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John Coffee 8 years ago

People are still going to pay regardless of high taxes, just as I fancy dining on 200g Scottish smoked salmon which cost 150GHC

People are still going to pay regardless of high taxes, just as I fancy dining on 200g Scottish smoked salmon which cost 150GHC
ed 8 years ago

MAHAMA AND EVIL NDC IS KILLING IMPORTS AND MUST REDUCE ALL TAXES ON IMPORTS

MAHAMA AND EVIL NDC IS KILLING IMPORTS AND MUST REDUCE ALL TAXES ON IMPORTS
kwasi 8 years ago

his illegal taxes and fees must be repelled by our parlaments

his illegal taxes and fees must be repelled by our parlaments
ALIMI YAO 8 years ago

The solution to unbridled importation of goods into the country is the manufacturing of quality goods in Ghana that can compete with imports. Adding another layer of tax is not the answer. People will still buy quality forei ...
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The solution to unbridled importation of goods into the country is the manufacturing of quality goods in Ghana that can compete with imports. Adding another layer of tax is not the answer. People will still buy quality foreign goods.

When it comes to economic matters, many Ghanaians are one-trick ponies who can't think outside the box. Tax, tax, tax appears to the prophylactic.
EZEKIEL 8 years ago

ALL COUNTRIES do it...they PROTECT CORE INDUSTRIES TILL THEY GROW TO A CERTAIN STANDARD and then let them compete on the market.WE CANNOT COMPETE FROM THE WORD "GO" since very many countries are AHEAD of us in ALL SECTORS!!!T ...
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ALL COUNTRIES do it...they PROTECT CORE INDUSTRIES TILL THEY GROW TO A CERTAIN STANDARD and then let them compete on the market.WE CANNOT COMPETE FROM THE WORD "GO" since very many countries are AHEAD of us in ALL SECTORS!!!The Ghanaian appetite for IMPORTED GOODS must be CURTAILED in one way or the other!!!
We are ALWAYS CRYING when the VALUE of the Cedi goes down. The FACT is that we have to pay for EVERY IMPORT IN USDollars and the MORE we IMPORT, the MORE Dollars we NEED to the DETRIMENT of our OWN CURRENCY!!!!
WHY CAN*T the govt. get this BASIC FACT ???????
kwami 8 years ago

either you don't know or telling lies there are many countries that don't levy on imports because they know it kills their import jobs but dummy like you wont understand it right?

either you don't know or telling lies there are many countries that don't levy on imports because they know it kills their import jobs but dummy like you wont understand it right?
EZEKIEL 8 years ago

It doesn't sound as if you understood my line of thought!Please, TRY again!!

It doesn't sound as if you understood my line of thought!Please, TRY again!!
KWAA 8 years ago

We don't even have the energy sources to power the few Industries we have,so why wouldn't people import what they need?To put more taxes on imports is simply mad.The government should rather think of fixing the energy sector ...
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We don't even have the energy sources to power the few Industries we have,so why wouldn't people import what they need?To put more taxes on imports is simply mad.The government should rather think of fixing the energy sector before thinking of tax increment.And by the way,how are the people going to all all these high taxes the government is imposing,when they don't have a job?
john 8 years ago

Our white brothers support their Firms working in foreign countries to earn some amount of foreign exchange. What Ghanaian firms do we have outside? We are only interested in foreigners coming to invest. What about us going o ...
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Our white brothers support their Firms working in foreign countries to earn some amount of foreign exchange. What Ghanaian firms do we have outside? We are only interested in foreigners coming to invest. What about us going out? What do we have that the World needs. I am thinking of processed not raw. We must think. This age is for thinkers not producers of raw materials.
Ane 8 years ago

How long can you do this? Already things are expensive. Cars brought in are overvalued so people can pay more. These are all cheating. Governments must think. More brains should come into Govt. The 50% +1 is not good enough. ...
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How long can you do this? Already things are expensive. Cars brought in are overvalued so people can pay more. These are all cheating. Governments must think. More brains should come into Govt. The 50% +1 is not good enough. Winner takes all is not helpful. To form Govt alone it must be 70% and above. As it is 50%+1 we donot have all brains on board. As if Govt revenue depends mainly on fuel and Import duties. The present system is divisive and fans tribalism and nepotism. We need long term goals and fight corruption. Not increasing duties at ports.
theDon 8 years ago

What a useless proposition some ppl always make.if his argument is based on the stability of the cedi and the so called local manufacturers then what about the customers who wants good value for the products they purchase? An ...
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What a useless proposition some ppl always make.if his argument is based on the stability of the cedi and the so called local manufacturers then what about the customers who wants good value for the products they purchase? And which local manufacturers is he talking about anyway??the kente weavers or the kelewele sellers??JOKERS
Kojo 8 years ago

Hello everyone,
Yes that measure is part of the ways of tackling the issue but for me, i think we the citizen have lost our culture and identity.There are equally some goods made in Ghana that can challenge imported ones but ...
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Hello everyone,
Yes that measure is part of the ways of tackling the issue but for me, i think we the citizen have lost our culture and identity.There are equally some goods made in Ghana that can challenge imported ones but Ghanaians do not still want it. We have to start and inform the whole nation fundamentally.We should uproot a tree not cut it off because it will regrow.

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