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Ghana loses $2.27b annually through tax incentives

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  • Harry 8 years ago

    Finance Minister Seth Terkper the tax man.

  • edi 8 years ago

    this is the man that raise our taxes and vats rates and this is the man that sold Ghana together with mahama to the IMF for small change
    SHAME ON THIS LOSER HE NEED TO GO HOME FAST

  • Tracy##################### 8 years ago

    Be careful of Ghana post office at circle They are made up of thieves. CAGE 4 And the post masters are the chief thieves..THEY STEALS PEOPLE'S ITEM'S ..JUST YESTERDAY THEY STOLE MY iPhones 6 plus 2. and told me someone else h ...
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  • Farmer 8 years ago

    Regarding Ghana those numbers are complete nonsense. The combined annual profits of foreign companies in the country are probably less than that.

    Looking back 5 years Ghana has lost practically all foreign investor confid ...
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  • EZEKIEL 8 years ago

    We give Tax Incentives to ENTICE the companies to OPERATE in Ghana! If you are now CRYING about "losing" such an amount, either the NEGOTIATORS ON BEHALF of Ghana are NOT CLEVER ENOUGH to negotiate PROPERLY OR we don't have t ...
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  • Brofo 8 years ago

    Can you estimate how much Ghana looses each year by NDC misconduct?

  • Oh Ghana 8 years ago

    Masa arrest the cedi or Resign immediately and stop this cheap ministering. You and the BoG boss MUST STOP THE continuous depreciation of the cedi or Resign immediately. .... What do you people think you are been paid for idi ...
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  • RT 8 years ago

    Are we doing cost / benefit analysis? Are we only interested in bringing the companies with no plans for them to stay? What is your next neighbor doing? Do we review the process to close loopholes? These are the questions we ...
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  • The Rogue Liar 8 years ago

    If we are doing this because we need money, we may regret the backlash

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Whilst small and local companies are harrassed by the GRA, we keep giving tax incentives to white men companies. For example, Alisa Hotel will borrow at 30%plus interest rate to run his business and expand. The Foreign Hotels ...
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  • jihad 8 years ago

    GIVE US THE FIGURES OF MONEY YOU GUYS ARE STEALING FROM GHANA TRUSURY

  • Yaw Yeboah 8 years ago

    It is mind boggling the amount of money that is lost to the Government. If the amount of tax incentives were collected the Government would have no need to take a IMF Loan & plunge the country into more debt. However, the NDC ...
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  • Sankofa 8 years ago

    Abolish tax incentives, especially in the oil, mining and other extractive industries.

    We are wasting our resources giving tax incentives.