The Western Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Charles Bissue has implored Ghanaians to accept the controversial electronic levy (e-levy) saying it would help expand the economy and ease the burden of youth unemployment.
Addressing the media in Takoradi, Mr Bissue bemoaned how many Ghanaians found ways to avoid paying taxes.
According to him, statistics showed that only four percent of the Ghanaian population paid tax.
This, the Regional Secretary explained that it was due to the notion that taxes collected had not been used for their intended purposes.
He said the introduction of the e-levy was strategic to help curb the economic mess that the COVID-19 pandemic had imposed on the local economy.
He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to embrace such initiative, since it would meet its target of expanding the economy and easing the burden of employment.
Mr Bissue noted that several Ghanaians including the minority in Parliament had opposed many bills which have had positive impacts on the people.
He specifically mentioned the National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) and other beneficiary projects which he said the minority opposed but have had positive impacts on the lives of Ghanaians.
“NPP has always been speaking the facts and reality on the grounds while the opposition party speaks otherwise", he added.
Source: GNA
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GHANAIANS ARE BEING FOOOOLED BY ASIEDU NKETIA WHO HAS HIS WIFE, CHILDREN IN CANADA , A HOUSE AND THEY PAY HIGH TAXES BUT DON'T CARE ABOUT ORDINARY GHANAIAN YET THEY SAY ALL KINDS OF THINGS HE CAN TRAVEL HERE ANYTIME BUT ORDINARY GHANAIAN CANNOT WHEN THEY ARE SICK SO YOU BETTER PAY THE LITTLE TAXES OF 1.75% THAN 13% IN ONE PROVINCE IN ONTARIO CANADA WHICH IS 13%. The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in 1987 obtained a first class degree in economics from the University of Buckingham, the only independent university with a Royal Charter. In Ontario, Canada. There's a provincial tax called (Hamonous) and it's 13% that is added to everything you buy from the shop. Suppose you see a pair of shoes that is priced at $100, you'd pay additional 13% on it so you'd end up paying for $113 at the cashier. Ghanaians complain too much but expect so much... Even if you go to the bank and exchange money from Canadian dollars to the US dollars, you'd be taxed 7% SO 1.75% IS A DROP IN THE OCEAN AND TELL GHANAIANS NOT TO THINk OF COMING TO NORTH AMERICA BECAUSE TAXES IS WHAT MAKE THIS COUNTRY WORKED USA AND CANADA government DO NOT BORROW TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CITIZENS