Parliament Has Already Approved Controversial E-levy – Majority leader, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Majority chief, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu has intimated that Parliament has accredited the 1.75 % levy on all digital transactions in a unanimous vote.

He added that the primary hurdle within the approval of the invoice has been accomplished because the Home supported the E-levy and voted a movement to just accept the finances enacted by Parliament, which contained the Appropriation Invoice.

He made the disclosure when he addressed a capability constructing workshop organised for the Majority Caucus in Parliament and a few Ministers of State, on January 22, 2022.

In his phrases: “It’s a problem for me when individuals are kicking towards the e-levy when that within the adoption of the movement to approve the finances, we accredited of that. So, it implies that step one has already been surmounted.

“The e-levy has been factored into the varied estimates that we have now accredited for all of the sectors. That’s the second factor we did. The third step is after we encapsulated the whole lot into the Appropriation Invoice and handed the invoice unanimously. What does it imply, you’ve gotten accredited of the E-levy,”

“So when we have now accomplished all these three and switch round and say that you simply (Members of Parliament) are against the Invoice then maybe you didn’t know what you have been doing,”

The federal government set out GH241,933,000 for companies as a obligatory side of the coverage implementation technique.

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta proposed a brand new levy on all digital transactions that might be paid by the federal government in 2022 to broaden the tax internet and convey within the casual economic system.

If handed by Parliament, the deliberate E-levy will take impact on February 1, 2022.

The tax has elicited various reactions, with some Ghanaians railing towards it, claiming that it’ll simply add to their monetary burden.

The minority in parliament has additionally acknowledged that it’ll oppose the proposal’s ratification.

SOURCE: www.PressInformant