The first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, ...
Mike Rogan a Research Associate with the Urban Policies Programme in WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing). The research described in this article was made possible by ...
Recent tax disputes in Ghana’s petroleum industry highlight an important lesson for investors, contractors, service providers, and subcontractors. The key lesson is that tax exposure is often ...
Ghana’s government introduced last August a 10% withholding tax on betting and lottery winnings, with betting companies subjected to a 20% withholding tax on gross gaming revenue. The decision has ...
By Elsie Appau ESQGhana’s tax system has been criticized for perpetuating gender inequality, particularly affecting women in the informal sector.A report by ActionAid Ghana highlights that the country ...
Calling the exercise “strange” doesn’t fully do it justice. Some of the non-orthodox approaches adopted by the government and the resultant creditor responses have bordered on the bizarre. When Ghana ...
Theophilus Acheampong is affiliated with the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra, Ghana. He has also consulted for the Government of Ghana on environmental fiscal reform in a private ...