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The Finance Minister of Ghana, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that some lawyers in the country are swerving the payment of taxes in the country. He also mentioned that per an exercise conducted by the Ghana Revenue Authority, it was found that several doctors and over 60,000 business people have equally been swerving tax payment. The Finance Minister said thanks to the National ID, GRA has 15.5 million TINS as compared to in the past where it only had 5.5 Tax Identification Numbers. “so, once upon a time, we had…

Lawmaker and member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Annoh Dompreh has said that despite the covid-19 crisis hitting Ghana, the country is slowly but gradually making a recovery. Hon. Dompreh made this comment in a tweet on 29th July 2021 after Ghana's finance minister read the mid-year budget. ''The Mid-Year Budget Review demonstrates clearly that despite the ravages of COVID-19, Ghana is slowly but surely making a recovery. The 1M Jobs Initiative & GHc 100 billion GhanaCARES programme will be key in…

Latest information picked up by Pinaxnews.com indicates that the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has presented a credit agreement for $28 million to Parliament for the acquisition of 275 vehicles for parliamentarians from the eighth Parliament. As indicated by the papers introduced to Parliament, the advance will be sourced from the National Investment Bank, NIB. In light of the sum and the number of people included, every MP is required to get more than $100,000 for the acquisition of a vehicle. The…

Following the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta's failure show up in Parliament on Thursday to provide answers on how much President Akufo-Addo’s latest foreign trips cost the taxpayer, Ghana's minority in Parliament has accused government of running away from accountability. The Minister of Finance Ken was supposed to show up in Parliament to answer questions on the president's recent trips instead he has requested for more time. This is after it emerged that the president in his recent trip spent £15,000 per…