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Tax Administration Becoming Cumbersome And Punitive- Mr. Afflu

March 25, 2023
Stephen M.Cby Stephen M.C
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Tax Administration Becoming Cumbersome And Punitive- Mr. Afflu

Mr. Kofi Afflu

Mr. Kofi Afflu, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG), has dislosed a very poignant opinion piece by admitting that Ghana is one of the countries in the World with very high tax rates, something that very few people would disagree with.

 Mr. Afflu in his speech indicated that there is a need for stakeholders to call for engagement to deliberate on the effective and efficient tax systems, and as well agree on various tax rates in various sectors of the economy.

According to the tax expert, the mere imposition of levies in addition to the known tax types to raise revenue for development can be counter-productive, especially where these have resulted in the collapse of many institutions because of inflationary hikes in the economy, and the high cost of doing businesses, eventually seriously affecting the cost of living.

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In Ghana, he said, the imposition of harsh taxes and levies has resulted in the escalating prices of goods and services, which has brought unprecedented hardship to Ghanaians.

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Government New Tax Bill Repeals The National Fiscal Stabilization Levy

Government has introduced a new Bill to Parliament titled Growth and Sustainability Levy Bill.

However, Mr. Afflu argues that a Levy on profit before tax is a disguised increase in tax rates, and worse in impact, as it is even not based on actual profit and production.

The tax expert noted that it started as the National Reconstruction Levy, then styled as National Fiscal Stabilization Levy, and now clothed as Growth and Sustainability Levy.

Mr. Afflu pointed out that the Growth and Sustainability Levy is a crude way of dragging in all registered entities into the existing National Fiscal Stabilization Levy, which hitherto was limited to selected Banks, excluding rural and community banks, adding that “This is rebranding. It is a cheap way of generating revenue”.

In the case of banks, he said, they are already being charged the Financial Sector Recovery Levy of 5% of their Profit before tax. However, they are to pay additional 5% of Profit before tax as Growth and Sustainability Levy (if the law is passed).

“It is a fallacy to say that the Growth and Sustainability Levy seeks to repeal the National Fiscal Stabilization Levy. That cannot be true. When a tax law is Repealed, you do not lift about 80 to 90% of provisions of the old law and put it in the ‘new law’.”

Mr. Kofi Afflu

The chartered accountant even went to demonstrate that there are as many as 14 taxes and levies on imported raw materials! “Are we killing businesses or building them up?” he questioned.

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Tags: Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG)National Fiscal Stabilization LevyTax Systems
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