Government embarks nationwide sensitization drive for e-levy.
A survey conducted by Center for Economic Finance & Inequality Studies has projected some 81.6% respondents want the proposed E-levy kicked out & never introduced by Government.
According to several reports & survey captured on JoyBusiness, 36.4% of the respondents on
their part, had no knowledge about the tax measure whereas 1,679 out of the 2,650 had knowledge about the E-Levy.
In addition to the results from the portal, 13.5
percent of the respondents sampled were of the
view the E-Levy should be passed into law and
implemented by government.
ThMeanwhile, a small portion of 4.9 percent of
respondents held the view that the E-Levy should be passed next year in 2023.
The survey was conducted by Professor Anthony Amoah of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development and Dr. Benjamin Amoah
of the University of Ghana Business School.
Results of the survey counted on Google Online
Forms for data collection, of which respondents
were automatically restricted to one entry only.
Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo has insisted the passage of the tax measure,also known as the E-Levy, is critical to fill revenue
gaps.
He contended that the economy has been ravaged
by the COVID-19 pandemic which requires the
implementation of key tax measures to sustain the economy.
