Gov't urged to scrap 17.5% on phone accessories

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December 30, 2015 10:53 AM

He told journalists in Accra that the newly introduced tariff captured in the 2016 budget will have serious negative effects on business activities.

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The Chairman of Mobile Phone and Accessories Dealers Association of Ghana, Alfred Korle-Mantey, has asked government to take a second look at plans to increase tax on phone accessories from the current 3 percent to 17.5 percent.

He said: “The 2016 budget has introduced another tariff that seeks to increase the current tax on phone accessories from 3% to 17.5%."

“Let me daresay that the effect of this tax imposition will have a serious negative effect on local business and we would want government to consider this decision.”

He also appealed to government to scrap the 20 percent import duty on the import of mobile phones and accessories as was promised in the 2015 budget statement.

Mr. Mantey indicated that the association continues to provide employment to thousands of Ghanaians as a way of helping to reduce the surging unemployment rates in the country aside contributing significantly to the public purse through direct and indirect taxes.

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