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Ghana losing $1.2bn annually through tax incentives

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  • Mr Pink 10 years ago

    Foreign corporations benefit especially in the extractive sector. There are no tangible benefits such as jobs or technology transfer. Ghanaian tax payer carries the burden. And FDI is useless since it doesnt achieve the aim o ...
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  • ME HUN A MEKA 10 years ago

    WHY DON'T HER LADY CALL IT WHAT IT IS- "TAX DEFLECTION"- AS I MAY CALL IT. WHEN YOUR SO-CALLED PRESIDENT GOES TO AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM TO BEMOAN THAT MINING COMPANIES ARE BLACKMAILING HIS GOVERNMENT BY THREATENING TO LAY OFF ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    China has been already announce the largest buyer of gold..And Indian brides want so mucg gold to carry in their wedding ceremony they can't walk! So when inventory drops and price raise they will have no reason no to mine!

  • jarus 10 years ago

    I have 3 home use nissan march, (new type) japan type, well converted, full air conditioned, Price : 10,000 ghana cedis. Call jatus on 0242567699

  • DAN 10 years ago

    buy LOTS of good used cars

  • JAMES Y 10 years ago

    Making giveaways as incentive to tice investors into the country can be a bad policy if it has adverse effect on the country's fiscal revenue collection. More so, if the giveaways are in respect of attracting investors to und ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    does ghana sign contracts of no property tax for 25 years to get a plane or car assembly factory to location???? USA states do..Do ghana regions or citys sign away property tax for 10-20 years to get a mall build?? Usa cities ...
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  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

    THATS THE ONLY REASON FOR TAX REBATES

  • KANE 10 years ago

    COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS MISSING IN GHANA GOVERNMENT POLICES, HENCE THE LARGE TAX CONCESSIONS ENJOYED BY GHANA'S ENTIRE LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING THOSE ARTICLE NONSENSE OFFICE HOLDERS AND FOREIGN BUSINESSES OPERATING IN GHANA.

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