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Government to lure multinational firms with 10-year tax holiday

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  • Paapidi 7 years ago

    You talk too much Yoofi. Which major multinational would ever think of relocating its headquarters to filthy Accra or anywhere Ghana? Or you do not understand what a major multinational is?

  • boom 7 years ago

    well let me inform you that Heineken is moving to I think ivory coast.it might not be their HQ but at least a starting point. Ghana can really boast of political stability, peace and security. Your argument about filth does n ...
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  • serwa 7 years ago

    Are you not the same people who criticized tax holidays to some . Foreign companies. See how you are giraffing. Copy cats. Shame

  • @@@ 7 years ago

    10 years tax holiday and yet you will tax the local companies out of business. Really!!! and after 10 years guess what they leave. please rethink this.

  • Ritewing 7 years ago

    This is a good idea but please also consider diasporans who are prepared to come down to set up companies here. Ghanaians start ups should be given incentives to get to the market and encouraged. Policy direction will let thi ...
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  • Adensa 7 years ago

    No McDonald or fast food but Tesco will being good jobs.

  • Mr. Mensah 7 years ago

    I hope all the variables affecting investment now in Ghana and possibly next five years will be considered before this tax holiday decision is taken.
    As a nation we need to have a national policy in this area to guide and ...
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  • Isaac Kusi, Bronx, NY 7 years ago

    How do you get revenue if the big companies don't pay taxes? Even those already there are evading taxes by bribing their way out of bonded warehouses.

  • Wasteman 7 years ago

    The stupidest idea and look where it's coming from?
    local companies remain the biggest investors in Ghana after all the so called "foreign investor" noise since Rawlings time. Master if you don't have any new ideas then lea ...
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  • Amma 7 years ago

    What about Business friendly for Ghanaians. Ghanaian small enterprises cannot grow in this country because they are taxed to oblivion, even paying taxes in advance, yet foreigners get 10 year tax holidays? Allow Ghanaian firm ...
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  • Hgh 7 years ago

    Why don't you grant 100% capital allowance on all capital investments to manufacturing companies instead of the current 10% to 30% so that manufacturing companies have available and are encouraged to use 100% of their interna ...
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  • Nii 7 years ago

    Very good idea. Manufacturing companies who want to reinvest and expand should not have to pay 25% in corporate taxes and then go out and again borrow to finance their investments. This policy will help industries help thems ...
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  • Nii 7 years ago

    My comment is in response to Hgh comment and not the 10 year tax holiday

  • Kweku Soofi 7 years ago

    Its daft for our governments to think that foreign and multinational companies would rescue Ghana, this fallacy has resulted in government policies favouring foreign-owned business whilst KILLER POLICIES are given to Ghanaian ...
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  • Sankofa 7 years ago

    10-year tax holiday? Why deny gov't much-needed revenue for so long?

    Foreign investment is queueing to enter Ghana; no incentive is required to bring it in and to make it stay.

    Let us not make it appear that we are desp ...
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