Give tax rebate to companies that employ fresh graduates - Bawumia

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Ayiku 8 years ago

we wish so

we wish so
GHANANI 8 years ago

Why should tax rebate be given to companies which employ fresh graduates?Don't such companies need the services of such graduates?This suggestion by Bawumia is not well thought out.Bawumia assumes that the jobs are there but ...
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Why should tax rebate be given to companies which employ fresh graduates?Don't such companies need the services of such graduates?This suggestion by Bawumia is not well thought out.Bawumia assumes that the jobs are there but companies are just refusing to employ them.
DB 8 years ago

Don't argue over things you don't understand. This incentive is used in the advanced world where the leaders are thinkers. It has been tried and tested and is a sure way to encourage businesses employ more graduates to benef ...
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Don't argue over things you don't understand. This incentive is used in the advanced world where the leaders are thinkers. It has been tried and tested and is a sure way to encourage businesses employ more graduates to benefit from the tax break. Yes in some of the companies the jobs are there but they will rather overburden existing staff than recruit new graduates to do some of these jobs. A tax incentive is a sure way to reverse this behaviour of some big and small companies and also help reduce graduate unemployment.
Zargon 8 years ago

My friend are not there !!!! For this to work!!! He is just talking crap. In the advanced world it is not graduates but apprentices. What do you know.

My friend are not there !!!! For this to work!!! He is just talking crap. In the advanced world it is not graduates but apprentices. What do you know.
OBOSOMANKETRE 8 years ago

WE NEED THE WISE AND GIFTED SUCH AS BAWUMIA TO EMPLOY MORDERN AND INTERNATIONAL MEANS TO MOVE GHANA AWAY FROM DEAD POLICIES.

WE NEED THE WISE AND GIFTED SUCH AS BAWUMIA TO EMPLOY MORDERN AND INTERNATIONAL MEANS TO MOVE GHANA AWAY FROM DEAD POLICIES.
GHANANI 8 years ago

Mention one country where tax incentives have been given to companies to employ jobless graduates. In all the cases that I know tax incentives are given to employ apprentices who are not even paid by the companies who offer t ...
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Mention one country where tax incentives have been given to companies to employ jobless graduates. In all the cases that I know tax incentives are given to employ apprentices who are not even paid by the companies who offer the apprenticeship positions.How can such a policy be introduced in Ghana when the government is struggling to pay even teachers,nurses,etc?How will Bawumia plug the taxhole that will emerge as a result of the taxes that these companies will be exempted from?
david 8 years ago

so called ghanani,it works in america ok,

so called ghanani,it works in america ok,
GHANANI 8 years ago

Yes it works in America but will it necessarily work in Ghana?Look at how big the American economy is as compared to that of Ghana and how narrow our tax base is as compared to that of america.That is why IMF policies have fa ...
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Yes it works in America but will it necessarily work in Ghana?Look at how big the American economy is as compared to that of Ghana and how narrow our tax base is as compared to that of america.That is why IMF policies have failed in Africa.It always tried to use foreign answers to solve African problems AND IT NEVER WORKED.
KWAME PECKHAM,ASHANTI AKYEM BASTARD 8 years ago

EMPLOY S. AF , NOT GHANAIANS BASTARD

EMPLOY S. AF , NOT GHANAIANS BASTARD
DB 8 years ago

Typical response from a brainless fool.

Typical response from a brainless fool.
kwesi tarkwa 8 years ago

This idiot should return the excess money he and his masters had during the recrimination of our cedis so that the government will use for this purpose.Useless animal.

This idiot should return the excess money he and his masters had during the recrimination of our cedis so that the government will use for this purpose.Useless animal.
Mandee.dav 8 years ago

Don't think you become wise when you comment insults.

Don't think you become wise when you comment insults.
kwame 8 years ago

this guy is good!

this guy is good!
sam 8 years ago

How many graduates can be employed by how many companies in Ghana.Are you serious.This is how you intend to fight graduate unemployment?

How many graduates can be employed by how many companies in Ghana.Are you serious.This is how you intend to fight graduate unemployment?
Aylkoi 8 years ago

As you, you are the biggest TOY in the NPP Party

As you, you are the biggest TOY in the NPP Party
sam 8 years ago

JM has given money to pharmaceutical companies to expand their businesses .This will lead to employment of more people.Dear baby economist,give us credible alternatives not such crap

JM has given money to pharmaceutical companies to expand their businesses .This will lead to employment of more people.Dear baby economist,give us credible alternatives not such crap
kweku Pinto 8 years ago

This provision is already in force and fully working.Under the heading Fresh graduates incentive. The law provides a deduction from tax on income of between 10% to 50% of recent graduate salary depending on the percentage of ...
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This provision is already in force and fully working.Under the heading Fresh graduates incentive. The law provides a deduction from tax on income of between 10% to 50% of recent graduate salary depending on the percentage of recent graduate employed in relation to the total emplyess of the company.
I am sure Dr.Bawumia did not check for this.
You can cross check from navigating Taxation on pwc website as part of the facts contained in the GRA Act 2015 (Act 89 6).
Politicians should always put the nation first before their interest.
Awudu 8 years ago

Farming will be good for you so do not waste your time with NPP

Farming will be good for you so do not waste your time with NPP
the name 8 years ago

are the graduates willing to work in any company as a casual or a factory hand?..No!! b'cos they want an office work, so even if this tax rebate in given to companies they are not going to work in any company.there are many ...
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are the graduates willing to work in any company as a casual or a factory hand?..No!! b'cos they want an office work, so even if this tax rebate in given to companies they are not going to work in any company.there are many vacancies in industrial area let them come there if they are not going to get job .All you want is power and even if you eat gari 10 torn of sacks you're not going to win
the name 8 years ago

you are far from wrong

you are far from wrong
Quaye 8 years ago

You guys should be blindfolded by politics. If it's already there, y are we not experiencing it. Or You are in a different Ghana.

You guys should be blindfolded by politics. If it's already there, y are we not experiencing it. Or You are in a different Ghana.
king SA 8 years ago

How can Ndc people understabd this great ideas.. Dey dont understand polices

How can Ndc people understabd this great ideas.. Dey dont understand polices
samuel villa 8 years ago

Baumia, your economic policies are not sustainable.The the intoxicated elephant 8yrs mess we are struggling with it currently where were you? Nana Addo's toy.You campaign on Ghana' economy will never ever get you votes that w ...
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Baumia, your economic policies are not sustainable.The the intoxicated elephant 8yrs mess we are struggling with it currently where were you? Nana Addo's toy.You campaign on Ghana' economy will never ever get you votes that will make you vice president.Iam happy you are known all over to be NANA ADDO's toy and Dr Pincksheet and no Ghanaian would like their vice president to be Named and called Nana Akufo Addo toy.If wishes were elephants all Ghanaians would have been satisfied with Nana Addo slaughtered elephant's meat,so it is easy to say than sustainability of your economic policies you did not implement for 8 good years and want to fool Ghanaians to get power and recover you hard earn cash lockedup with Nana Addo.
Kojo 8 years ago

The idea of giving these companies tax rebate is that they are going to train the graduates on the job with their own resources....Bawumia good one there????

The idea of giving these companies tax rebate is that they are going to train the graduates on the job with their own resources....Bawumia good one there????
amina 8 years ago

So far as your dad use NDC money to take care of your education it is a curse for you to work against the hand that fed you so you will NEVER be Ghana's vice president.

So far as your dad use NDC money to take care of your education it is a curse for you to work against the hand that fed you so you will NEVER be Ghana's vice president.
GHANANI 8 years ago

Bawumia is just talking as if he has iron-cast,easy solutions for the huge graduate unemployment problem facing the nation.He thinks Ghana's economy is so big that it can absorb the tax hole that the tax exemptions will creat ...
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Bawumia is just talking as if he has iron-cast,easy solutions for the huge graduate unemployment problem facing the nation.He thinks Ghana's economy is so big that it can absorb the tax hole that the tax exemptions will create.The answer to the unemployment problem lies in the expansion of the economy.The more the economy expands the more jobs that will be created for graduates.If ghanaians will patronize home made goods the economy will expand to give jobs to more graduates.Graduates should also be encouraged to move away from office jobs and get trained in professions that will help them become self-employed.Go to the advanced countries and you will find graduates who are bus drivers,taxi drivers,computer repairers,home decorators,etc.Are our graduates prepared to do such jobs?
Nana Oheneba 8 years ago

Doc. Your reason is very sound and I agree with you 100%. However you may need to take your message to the ordinary people as well. They determines who wins elections not the few elites.

Doc. Your reason is very sound and I agree with you 100%. However you may need to take your message to the ordinary people as well. They determines who wins elections not the few elites.

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