Parliament passes Talk Tax Bill

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Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

Please tell me.

Please tell me.
USMAN 10 years ago

Fellow Ghanaians, let boycott rLG products as a show of positive defiance.

Fellow Ghanaians, let boycott rLG products as a show of positive defiance.
preman 10 years ago

Are Ghanaians going to be taxed for receiving calls,God have mercy!

Are Ghanaians going to be taxed for receiving calls,God have mercy!
Nigerians Are Cursed People 10 years ago

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This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$8,500,000 ( Eight Million Five Hundred United State Dollars) This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems,Contracts Sum, Lottery/Gambling etc.Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Teams of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

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Gaby Bruk 10 years ago

Asshantis+rats, Ghanaians and flies.

Asshantis+rats, Ghanaians and flies.
hhmmnnnn. 10 years ago

NDC GOVERNMENT HAS THROWN THE FINAL BLOW, DEPRIVING POOR GHANAIANS TO RECEIVE CALLS FROM OUTSIDE GHANA. WILL THIS SOLVE GHANA'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS?

NDC GOVERNMENT HAS THROWN THE FINAL BLOW, DEPRIVING POOR GHANAIANS TO RECEIVE CALLS FROM OUTSIDE GHANA. WILL THIS SOLVE GHANA'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS?
O P 10 years ago

Are they serious? these days every country is doing away with termination cost, U S charge 0.003 cent a minute. This is going to cost Ghana, don't they know investors check all these cost b4 they make a decision to invest in ...
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Are they serious? these days every country is doing away with termination cost, U S charge 0.003 cent a minute. This is going to cost Ghana, don't they know investors check all these cost b4 they make a decision to invest in a particular place? here in Canada, you can make a call to China and India for 1 Cent a minute, Europe (Land line) the same, Nigeria 10 cents, Ghana now is 20 cents. Oh god When.(Check wind mobile/world saver.
MANSON UK 10 years ago

It will not solve Ghana's problem.Stop your gargantuan corruption in the country.

It will not solve Ghana's problem.Stop your gargantuan corruption in the country.
GHANAVIA 10 years ago

NDC is a mean party full of very corrupt people to the core and led by Drossmani Mahama.

NDC is a mean party full of very corrupt people to the core and led by Drossmani Mahama.
kakaduro 10 years ago

this goes on every where in Europe with mobile phones !

this goes on every where in Europe with mobile phones !
Apraku 10 years ago

That's not true, you pay for the services of a provider for using their services, but not extra surcharge on that.If you are not informed don't write pleasssse.

That's not true, you pay for the services of a provider for using their services, but not extra surcharge on that.If you are not informed don't write pleasssse.
ADWEN 10 years ago

Where in Europe are these practices taking place, where a corrupt government lead by a corrupt personality like Mahama (why is he refusing to declare his assets) just increases prices so that he siphone the mony with his cron ...
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Where in Europe are these practices taking place, where a corrupt government lead by a corrupt personality like Mahama (why is he refusing to declare his assets) just increases prices so that he siphone the mony with his cronies.
If you are not aware, the EU every 3-6 months slashes the tariffs of phone calls within the Europen Union. Your level of reasoning and literacy is not enough to understand the ramifications of what this NDC (Notorious Deranged Criminals) led by a highly corrupt, incompetent and dubious character is taking the country. You people should continue supporting these criminal and you will see how your children and offspring will suffer if not suffereing already.
Efo Kobla 10 years ago

There is talk in town that the president has proposed for AIR tax. That tax seeks to tax Ghanaians for the air we inhale. What about the PATH toll? Collect tolls from people walking on the streets!

Oh Ghana we are more poo ...
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There is talk in town that the president has proposed for AIR tax. That tax seeks to tax Ghanaians for the air we inhale. What about the PATH toll? Collect tolls from people walking on the streets!

Oh Ghana we are more poorer producing oil than we were without oil. Is it a curse from GOD?
KA 10 years ago

That is the only means of generating income for the country, taxing people who are overseas. They increase import duties almost every year. This is very bad. The country is becoming too difficult to live in. This NDC has no s ...
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That is the only means of generating income for the country, taxing people who are overseas. They increase import duties almost every year. This is very bad. The country is becoming too difficult to live in. This NDC has no solutions to our problems yet they want to be in power by all means. May God save us from these nation wreckers.
PAPA ARKOH, USA 10 years ago

I CANNOT AGREE MORE ....THESE SO- CALLED LEADERS ARE CLUELESS AND SO MORONIC THAT THEY CANNOT APPLY COMMON SENSE TO SOLVE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS AND YET THEY WANNA WIN ELCTIONS EVERY FOUR YRS AND GOVERN. WHAT SORT OF NONSENSE IS T ...
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I CANNOT AGREE MORE ....THESE SO- CALLED LEADERS ARE CLUELESS AND SO MORONIC THAT THEY CANNOT APPLY COMMON SENSE TO SOLVE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS AND YET THEY WANNA WIN ELCTIONS EVERY FOUR YRS AND GOVERN. WHAT SORT OF NONSENSE IS THIS,IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN AFRICA WHERE NON PERFORMANCE IS APPLAUDED DUE TO TRIBALISM AND IGNORANCE...GOD HAVE MERCY
USMAN 10 years ago

This gesture should have been extended to our poultry farmers too but nay, our useless university graduates in authority will take faulty decisions to plunge this country into economic abyss.

This gesture should have been extended to our poultry farmers too but nay, our useless university graduates in authority will take faulty decisions to plunge this country into economic abyss.
Pee 10 years ago

Folks, the reality of this tax brouhaha is that, when people abroad are the target it would finally rest on the local (Ghanaians). For example, when a car is imported into the country and high taxes are imposed on it, and som ...
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Folks, the reality of this tax brouhaha is that, when people abroad are the target it would finally rest on the local (Ghanaians). For example, when a car is imported into the country and high taxes are imposed on it, and someone home (Ghana) wanted to buy, at least all cost will be added plus some margin of profit before selling it. So finally who bears the brunt of the tax heat?
BETTER GHANA 10 years ago

What a tax? Instead of finding ways to block the tax loopholes at Tema port which cost the country about $100million a month, they are cashing this tax which affect the ordinary citizens

What a tax? Instead of finding ways to block the tax loopholes at Tema port which cost the country about $100million a month, they are cashing this tax which affect the ordinary citizens
KOFI 10 years ago

THAT'S WHAT GHANA'S CLUELESS USELESS LEADERS KNOW BEST - PUTTING A LOT OF TAX BURDEN ON THE ORDINARY GHANAIAN FOLK.

WE ARE IN TROUBLE, BIG TROUBLE.

MEANWHILE THE Y SAY THE ECONOMY IS IN GOOD SHAPE. NONSENSE.

A SMALL ...
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THAT'S WHAT GHANA'S CLUELESS USELESS LEADERS KNOW BEST - PUTTING A LOT OF TAX BURDEN ON THE ORDINARY GHANAIAN FOLK.

WE ARE IN TROUBLE, BIG TROUBLE.

MEANWHILE THE Y SAY THE ECONOMY IS IN GOOD SHAPE. NONSENSE.

A SMALL COUNTRY LIKE GHANA HAS 275 MEMEBERS OF PARLIAMENT, ALL INCOMPETENT AND REDUNDANT, WITH ALL COLLECTING SALARIES AND OTHERS, INCLUDING BRIBES, AND THERE'S NOTHING ON THE GROUND TO SHOW FOR THAT.

SADLY, THE EXECUTIVE SEES NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS SERIOUS ECONOMIC LEAKAGE.
Jade 10 years ago

Already calls to Gh from abroad is very expensive. Short-sighted NDC's govt - packed with socialist bunch of killers. JJ created monsters running our country to cattle arse hole

Already calls to Gh from abroad is very expensive. Short-sighted NDC's govt - packed with socialist bunch of killers. JJ created monsters running our country to cattle arse hole
Jade 10 years ago

Vile

Vile
PAPA ARKOH, USA 10 years ago

I THINK IT IS BECOMING MORE OF A CURSE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE BCOS THESE LAZY ASSHOLES THINK THEY CAN IMPOSE ALL THE TAXES ON US.GOD HAVE MERCY ON THIS POOR NATION...DO OUR KIDS HAVE ANY FUTURE LEFT, I CRY FOR THE COUNTRY I LOVE.

I THINK IT IS BECOMING MORE OF A CURSE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE BCOS THESE LAZY ASSHOLES THINK THEY CAN IMPOSE ALL THE TAXES ON US.GOD HAVE MERCY ON THIS POOR NATION...DO OUR KIDS HAVE ANY FUTURE LEFT, I CRY FOR THE COUNTRY I LOVE.
ken 10 years ago

these leaders are not serious. Instead of going after the most reliable sources like personal and corporate income taxes, they instead go after those abroad. High import duties, trolleys fee and now international call surchar ...
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these leaders are not serious. Instead of going after the most reliable sources like personal and corporate income taxes, they instead go after those abroad. High import duties, trolleys fee and now international call surcharge. These are avoidable taxes but unfortunately our leaders think it is the most reliable sources.
Kaya man 10 years ago

Ghanaian leaders are useless and morons ! They don't really have brains to think! They use their butt hole as their brain to make foolish dicesion!!'

Ghanaian leaders are useless and morons ! They don't really have brains to think! They use their butt hole as their brain to make foolish dicesion!!'
Dela 10 years ago

This will enable the President, MPs, government appointees raise the salaries and pay ex gratia after their term in office. Don't you know.

God have mercy on Ghanaians.

This will enable the President, MPs, government appointees raise the salaries and pay ex gratia after their term in office. Don't you know.

God have mercy on Ghanaians.
Joe 10 years ago

Shieee!!!!!!!!!!

Shieee!!!!!!!!!!
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

-- The hole closed on him before he could penetrate it.
-- He's off to the sidelines for a quick blow.
-- It's a game of inches.
-- That hole was so big, you could drive a truck through it.
-- When you get down in this ar ...
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-- The hole closed on him before he could penetrate it.
-- He's off to the sidelines for a quick blow.
-- It's a game of inches.
-- That hole was so big, you could drive a truck through it.
-- When you get down in this area, you just gotta start pounding.
-- He's gonna feel that one tomorrow.
-- He found his tight end striker.
-- He had to stretch to get it in.
-- He gets penetration in the backfield.
He could go all the way.
-- He gets it off just in time.
-- He goes deep.
-- He found a hole and slid through.
-- He pounds it in.
-- He's got great hands.
Abena 10 years ago

This is totally ridiculous, how many people have relatives, friends, etc. outside of Ghana and this is the only way they can communicate. We pay enough for services that we do not have all the time and taxes are going up, fu ...
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This is totally ridiculous, how many people have relatives, friends, etc. outside of Ghana and this is the only way they can communicate. We pay enough for services that we do not have all the time and taxes are going up, fuel, hydro (when we get it). Things are totally insane.
ASEM WO MANO 10 years ago

ONLY ASANTI/AKYIM WILL SUFFER

ONLY ASANTI/AKYIM WILL SUFFER
Pelicles 10 years ago

What is Mahama waiting for? What is preventing him from imposing "AIR TAX" to generate enough revenue to fill the pocket of his cronies?

Ghanaians deserve what they are going through. Imagine NPP did this when in power, w ...
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What is Mahama waiting for? What is preventing him from imposing "AIR TAX" to generate enough revenue to fill the pocket of his cronies?

Ghanaians deserve what they are going through. Imagine NPP did this when in power, what will be the exact reaction of NDC? We are being ruled by idiots who are clueless about the exact nature of governance. We have a constitution that give tax exemption status to our presidents and nothing cross their minds to consult parliament to make amends to such tax exemption status.

If these taxes will go to their intended purposes, there is nothing wrong but in the end, the pockets of NDC goons will be filled.

Mahama recently said that Ghana loses over one hundred million dollars at the Tema port only and what is he doing to stop such leakages? Since most of the leakages ends up in their pockets, they will look elsewhere but feel good to impose stupid and reckless tax on the poor thereby creating more hardship.
hhmmnnnn. 10 years ago

THE LIFE SPAN OF EVERY GHANAIAN IS BEING REDUCED EVERY SECOND, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR, EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH, AND EVERY YEAR. BECAUSE THEY SIT ALOOF,UNCONCERNED.

THE LIFE SPAN OF EVERY GHANAIAN IS BEING REDUCED EVERY SECOND, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR, EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH, AND EVERY YEAR. BECAUSE THEY SIT ALOOF,UNCONCERNED.
the truth 10 years ago

we are already paying up to the tune of 45 cents a minute on calls from US, and is that not enough? this kills business!!

a bunch of morons making laws to benefit their pockets

we are already paying up to the tune of 45 cents a minute on calls from US, and is that not enough? this kills business!!

a bunch of morons making laws to benefit their pockets
mame afua 10 years ago

what now

what now
Agbeli kumordzi 10 years ago

Let the parliament pass the Genocide bill 666 to enable the British government compasate Ghana for what they looted from Ghana

Let the parliament pass the Genocide bill 666 to enable the British government compasate Ghana for what they looted from Ghana
Kwadjo, London 10 years ago

You are gradually building a chinese wall around west Africans.talk tax,remittances tax (soon to be enacted)unclear procedures at the ports,£3000 to visit UK.....I am not against IMF/World Bank but in the early 80's why did ...
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You are gradually building a chinese wall around west Africans.talk tax,remittances tax (soon to be enacted)unclear procedures at the ports,£3000 to visit UK.....I am not against IMF/World Bank but in the early 80's why did they draw up Economic Programs for Ghana without any social element? Do they want Ghana as mining town of the world? The public must be told so that informed decisions can be made. The people are dying....
D/Sgt Nuamah 10 years ago

If the law will make a provission that the new taxes willnotbe passon to the consumer, that will be fine. The new law may criminaliusew the pqssing on the new tax to the consumer.

If the law will make a provission that the new taxes willnotbe passon to the consumer, that will be fine. The new law may criminaliusew the pqssing on the new tax to the consumer.
pl 10 years ago

I think the government should find a way of taxing the informal traders as well. Informal trading is the major occupation in Ghana beside Farming and yet the government does not have any effective way of taxing informal trade ...
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I think the government should find a way of taxing the informal traders as well. Informal trading is the major occupation in Ghana beside Farming and yet the government does not have any effective way of taxing informal traders.
Dan 10 years ago

parliament should consider the salary,the taxes on salaries,the price of goods and the general living condition in the country before adding more load (oh God help us)

parliament should consider the salary,the taxes on salaries,the price of goods and the general living condition in the country before adding more load (oh God help us)

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