The Majority caucus in Parliament has stated that the infamous E-levy will eventually be passed in 2022 despite the strong opposition by the Minority side.
In an interview on the GBC Breakfast Show on Thursday, January 6, 2022, Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Habib Iddrisu indicated that the majority was readying itself to pick up from where it left off on the bill in 2021.
Habib Iddrisu stressed that the passage of the E-levy bill will rather help accrue more revenue to the country.
“The E-levy when we come back to parliament…we only adjourned and it was in form as it was when we adjourned when we come back, the majority side and the leader of government business who’s the Majority Leader will look at how government business will go and we will table it…the E-levy as I have said is part of the budget that has been approved, it is part of the appropriation that has been approved and part of revenue target. It will happen,” the MP for Tolon said.
As a reminder, Ken Ofori-Atta at the presentation of the 2022 budget announced the government’s intention to slap a 1.75% charge on all electronic transactions including mobile money.
Source: ghbase.com
