The Ministry of Finance has denied claims that the GH241,933,000 provision for the Electronic Transactions Levy services in the Appropriations Bill was deleted.
It further denied that the government will hire a private entity to collect the charge on its behalf.
“These charges are false,” the Ministry of Finance stated in a statement released on Monday, December 13.
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is the state-mandated entity in charge of collecting the levies, according to the report.
“GRA will coordinate all conversations to guarantee that their present platforms and resources are fully deployed for the gathering of the E-Levy.”
The rumours were fueled by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Member of Parliament for the NDC’s North Tongu Constituency, who claimed that a “deep-throat and unimpeachable” source within Cabinet informed him that the e-levy had been omitted from the final Appropriations Act.
Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-argument Atta’s in Parliament for allocating GH241 million to the e-levy services fee was reaffirmed in the statement.
“We want to emphasize that the E-Transaction Levy is still one of the most effective ways for the government to raise the funds needed to fund the economic development program for 2022.”
