The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has asked Ghanaians to “convince” their MPs to pass the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) Bill and hold him accountable for all revenues and expenses.
The Minister reiterated that the time had come for the citizenry to “burden share” in the country’s development with the government by paying that tax.
He said the e-levy would help increase revenue as the country moved into an e-commerce economy and invested in debt sustainability, infrastructure development and youth entrepreneurship.
Mr Ofori-Atta said this at the closing ceremony of the 73rd University of Ghana Annual New Year School and Conference in Accra on Wednesday.
“What I was expecting was for Parliament to say, we’re going to get 6.9 billion from this new tax revenue measure. So how then do you [Finance Minister] report to me [Parliament] on a quarterly basis on the uses of the fund and its application so that we move on,” he said.
GhanaFeed.com
