Almost 3 weeks after the passage of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy), MCE for Bolgatanga, Rex Asanga has continued to make arguments in favour of the very controversial tax.
Speaking on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show, Mr Asanga explained that he had firsthand seen and experienced the deduction made on monies sent through digital financial platforms and argued that they are inconsequential considering the development that would be realised from the monies collected.
“I was surprised at the level of opposition to the E-levy. I made a few transfers recently. I sent Ghc700 to a student. The tax on it was around Ghc10 and the telco’s charge was Ghc5 or Ghc6. So I was asking myself, if you send Ghc700 and the government just takes this to help develop the country, is it too bad?”
“The aim is not to take so much from you, but from all of us as a country. In the end, the basket would become so big that it could solve major developmental challenges. Even if it was double taxation, you have this opportunity to make a special contribution towards the development of our country.”
“I find it very difficult to understand why people are so against it. I thought it was a big deduction,” he said.
Meanwhile, as part of a nationwide public campaign on the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy), the Information Service Department (ISD) in the Upper East Region in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from today, Friday 20th May, 2022 has commenced a public education campaign to sensitize the citizenry on the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) introduced by the government.
The campaign seeks to educate the general public to understand and appreciate the importance of the new levy.
A press release signed by the Upper East Regional Director of the Information Services, Bennin Douri Issifu, and copied to A1 Radio said the campaign will be carried out through the use of the information vans throughout all principal streets, public places, use of jingles, radio and FM stations, vitiation of churches and mosques, and the use of Community Information Centers (CICs).
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
