General News of Thursday, 8 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn July 8, 2017, government was charged with contempt of parliament after it tried to suspend the implementation of reviewed Value Added Tax (VAT) rates. Read the full story belowGovernment has been cited for a possible charge of contempt of parliament after what the Minority described its moves to suspend the implementation of reviewed Value Added Tax (VAT) rates. In parliament today, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu’s motion for the suspension to be set aside was upheld by the House. “We were in this House in April when the Minister of Finance introduced what was called the Value Added Tax Amendment 2017. Mr Speaker, subsequently this august House passed the Bill through the proper processes of legislative scrutiny and passed it into law,” he explained.

Source: GhanaWeb July 08, 2021 11:15 UTC