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GRA to replace VAT on electricity with foreign income tax of resident Ghanaians

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  • BOY KOFI 1 month ago

    Where is your production plan?Tnx

  • Freewill 1 month ago

    So I wanna see the reaction of the gullible Ghanaians who are hailing bawumia's tax amnesty regime. Ghanaians are really fools.

  • Bobby Stones 1 month ago

    I honestly can wrap my mind around this one, how is the implementation going to be like. Will it affect every other Ghanaian regardless of you not falling within the targeted bracket and will it make up for the suspended VAT? ...
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  • NANA AKUFO-ADDO: ONE IDIOT AGAINST A NATION 1 month ago

    A-O-O-O-O-O... just look at all these stupid, hopeless and reckless Akuffo Addo nincompoop appointees...!!!!!! These are the wild and beasty fools who had the nerves to be calling somebody incompetent. You will always see the ...
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  • Kofi 1 month ago

    So this country de33 someone just woke up nd take any decision without any measures sick country with aimless leaders

  • Ghanaba 1 month ago

    This is very sick!!!!!!! Any ministry will just wake up and place a burden on the Ghanaian population??? When did this lady come into office to make such a decision to be considered good for the Ghanaian?!! Nope you have done ...
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  • ANY FOREIGNER ENCOURAGING A FOR BAUMIA WILL BE BLAMED ???? 1 month ago

    It's not you their placing this burden on they're are placing it ON ALL THOSE THAT NEVER VOTED FOR THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE this burden will be on the backs of RESIDENTS NOT CITIZENS THE RESIDENTS WHO PAY TIMELY & WHO ALSO INV ...
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  • Madam Julie will succeed 1 month ago

    Enforcement compliance is the headache now at GRA. Most of your officers are overly corrupt, their works must be reviewed by officers with high integrity. Madam don't shield any officer culpable in corruption and corruption r ...
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  • Gaty 1 month ago

    The best thing is to stop sending money home
    The economy is not good people are sending small smal so that it will be better then let me keep my money in my pocket

  • Gi 1 month ago

    Did u understand the target group. Stop spreading lies on remittances being targeted

  • KB 1 month ago

    Why do the diaspora have to suffer for the curruption and inefficiency at ECG? Why can't we privatize the utilities like it happens in other countries? Oh!! Ghana.

  • Nana 1 month ago

    COLLECTING TAXES FOR THE BENEFIT OF POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORTERS. SPONSORSHIP OF PARTY SUPPORTERS EDUCATION AND UPKEEP. MAY ALMIGHTY CRUSH ALL POLITIANS. THIEVES!

  • Bokovi 1 month ago

    Amen so shall it bee

  • Willie 1 month ago

    These people just don't listen.

  • Ghanaians are cowards 1 month ago

    What's this, to say the least! What is wrong with these leaders, what is our offense? Awww hmm

  • Good but not when taxes are stolen 1 month ago

    Corruption and government expenditure on frivolous things is the cause and not revenue mobilization. The political class continue to steal and do not account. How do you mobilize resources for others to steal? This is the iss ...
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  • Adjei 1 month ago

    Absolutely correct. You hit the nail on the Head.

  • Yaa 1 month ago

    We are all struggling they put a tax on e-levy on the money and now what again??? Straight thieves so any money sent from foreign is taxable is criminal.

  • Turning the Corner 1 month ago

    STOP the LOOT of STATE RESOURCES, THE STATE CAPTURE, CORRUPTION AND THE FILTER GOVERNMENT EXPENSES FIRST

  • Ojah 1 month ago

    SO MUCH FOR THE 'RETURN'! SONS OF CRUDE GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.

  • Chaddar is the Answer 1 month ago

    meaning i have to pay two taxes on one income because the europe people go tax me for the work they gave.GRA: Have you given Ghana fuo some taxable jobs to be taxed.please forget this since i will not wash

  • Kasa 1 month ago

    Nkwasiafo3 Ghanaians living in abroad remittances is already one of the top 3 of GDP of Ghana our remittances is doing the gov't job already chunk of Ghanaians living abroad remittances is feeding Ghanaians, giving them plac ...
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  • and don't forget to...… 1 month ago

    Stop renting big aeroplanes for that buffoon of a president so he can take a bath at 30000ft. Stupid lazy so called leaders, thieves in disguise.,....

  • Onipaba 1 month ago

    Are these the people we are relying on to move Ghana forward. She doesn’t even understand her own statement. It’s very funny!

  • Observer 1 month ago

    They should put 1000% duty on wigs and hair extensions like this woman is wearing so that they contribute to the economy too and reduce demand on FX for the $300m worth of wigs and hair that are imported each year into Ghana. ...
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  • KGB 1 month ago

    It doesn't matter how many new sources of revenue Ghana government comes up with they can never have enough to run the government. You must first plug the big leakage in or revenue collection. If revenues from Oil, Cocoa, T ...
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  • Thieves 1 month ago

    Agree with you. Even if all our external debt is cancelled and we are given $1 trillion dollars with the way things are done we will not get anywhere

  • DOUBLE TAXATION-LACK OF IDEAS COUNTRY IS BROKE 1 month ago

    THE SOLUTION IS CUT YOUR EXPENDITURES TILL THE ECONOMY IMPROVES.
    TRIM THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ON GOVT PAYROLL
    TAXING CITIZENS OUTSIDE WILL NOT WORK AS THEY ALL PAY TAXES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS UNLESS THOSE DOING ILLEGAL DEALS ...
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  • KK 1 month ago

    Calling them names will not change anything. If we all decide to hit the streets, they will have no other choice than to comply with our demands. The fact is that Ghanains are not worth dying for so who will put his life on t ...
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  • Tosh 1 month ago

    "We would move the country from taxation to production", ampa.

  • Nana Plang 1 month ago

    This new GRA commissioner should be replaced as soon as a new government comes to power. Why do we need foreign income to sustain our electricity? What a stupid idea coming from a person this Yo-yo president appointed. All hi ...
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  • nana numapao 1 month ago

    how will this work? I think every transfer from overseas to Ghana will be taxed extra. the money Ghanaians outside send to their poor relatives back in Ghana will be taxed.

  • Joe Osei 1 month ago

    If you’re still an NPP member, then a big shame on you

  • Pouv 1 month ago

    If only that incompetent Mahama administration had not fcuk*d everything up, and airbused it, guinea fowl style, this current overspending go to IMF, tax crazy, burdensome " we got the men" mouth and no trousers folk will sti ...
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  • Cool 4 weeks ago

    You are an idiot

  • Party Mr politician 1 month ago

    This wiig minister must be tax on what she put on her head

  • Gustavo 1 month ago

    Unfortunately we are NOT getting the right caliber of people to manage our intititutions. We don't have a competent leader leader who have basic engineering ideas to project how monies can be collected. This is myopic idea.

  • Kakistocracy 1 month ago

    Defined as a government by the least competent and undesirable citizens of the society.

  • Include toilet tax while at it nonsense 1 month ago

    Eii so this country is just hopeless, more taxes? Ghanaians are already helpless in this current economy and you are bringing in more taxes? this NPP government are real criminals

  • Michael 1 month ago

    After looting the public purse which has plunged the nation into financial distress Ghanaian have to bear the blunt of it. Shaking my head.

  • Ojah 1 month ago

    BAWUMIA AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT, TAXATION IS THE LAZY MAN'S WAY OF DOING BUSINESS!

  • Ama 1 month ago

    The GRA boss, he's a Rev.! He gets GHC 137, 794.80 per moth with other allowances that includes inconvenience allowance still wants to milk the Ghanaian populace. God will judge all of you Thieves that you are. Shame on all o ...
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  • Kanewu 1 month ago

    Thief.

  • Steves 1 month ago

    Stop granting tax exemptions to cronies and family members. This can generate more tax revenue than this obnoxious proposal.

  • muntari 1 month ago

    abolish the per diem for govt officials, scholarships secretariat, check how politicians and relatives kids overseas school fees ,and living expenses are paid for,
    all travelling expenses by the politicians, and make them pa ...
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  • INTEGRITY 1 month ago

    Govt. of Ripoff , the " Agya Pa" deal, Abeena Dapaah , and Bank of Ghana in red, how can this country survive .NPP has taken Ghana to the cleaners, sad , Wake up people !!!.

  • Robby 1 month ago

    Strange, the people who we were thinking will be protecting the next generation because of their insight,
    They're rather the muster mind of the tax robbery spree.

    May God be our helper

  • PEPRAH Attah NTI 1 month ago

    Any foolish person just wakeup and implement burdens on Ghanaians, Esiam Stop that your foolishness

  • Cut the nonsense and cut corruption 1 month ago

    Public sector is bloated with useless overpaid executives, corruption, looting and pillaging of state funds is the only reason why you have to put up tax. Ghanaians are tired of this rubbish.

  • ANY FOREIGNER ENCOURAGING A FOR BAUMIA WILL BE BLAMED ???? 1 month ago

    So Ghana no longer wants foreigners because they are already charging us ridiculously for THE GHANA NON CITIZEN ID CARDS mind you that we can barely use & now it's oh yeah we will CHARGE OUR FIREIGN RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE KNOW

  • KO 1 month ago

    How are you going to do this? Perhaps, the Commissioner is testing the reaction of the public on such measure or doesn't know what she's talking about.

  • Matthew Narh Odonkor 4 weeks ago

    If they are able to stop dishonesty and corrupt the diasporan alone can build all the infrastructure in Ghana just donating £1 or 1dollar per month.

  • Kobie 4 weeks ago

    Who among the noisy people here will be paying the said foreign income tax? Let those that will be taxed talk.

  • Bino 4 weeks ago

    This is just not making any sense at all to me. Foreign Income Tax levied on electricity ??? This is gibberish !!!