The next government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will abolish the e-levy, the Former Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama has said.
He made this pronouncement during his lectures themed “Ghana at Crossroads” on Monday May 2, 2022, at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra.
“We in the NDC do not oppose taxation as a principle. We will not be pretentious and couch fanciful slogans to condemn the principle of taxation like the NPP did in the past. We are, however, implacably opposed to distortionary and burdensome taxes like the e-levy that only force Ghanaians to endure more suffering.
“A new National Democratic Congress Government, God willing and with the votes of the sovereign people of Ghana – in 2025 – will repeal the E-Levy Act,” he said.
E-levy was implemented by the government May 1st as a form to generate income tax on all mobile money and bank transactions in the country.
