General News of Tuesday, 14 December 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comE-levy will burden Ghanaians, says Koku AnyidohoGovernment to impose 1.75% levy on electronic transactionsE-levy to come into effect beginning 2022The founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has pointed out what he says is the biggest challenge with the government’s Electronic Transactions (E-levy) tax policy. While agreeing on the need to widen the nation’s tax net, Mr Anyidoho in an interview with Kessben FM monitored by GhanaWeb, stated that the E-levy promotes double taxation and will compound the tax burden on the Ghanaian citizens. “For the E-levy, the biggest challenge with the E-levy is that it defies even basic principles of taxation." The E-levy which the government intends to implement from the beginning of next year was announced in the 2022 government budget and economic policy. Watch the interview with Samuel Koku Anyidoho below:
