VAT not 3% as GUTA claims- Finance Ministry clarifies
According to the Finance Ministry all traders are expected to pay a 17.5% Value Added Tax on all chargeable goods and services and not 3% as being announced by GUTA.
GUTA last week complained about the Ghana Revenue Authority’s reluctance to implement a purported 3% flat rate policy that GUTA claims the Ministry of Finance has sanctioned.
Head of Tax Policy Unit at the Ministry of Finance, Anthony Dzadra says government has not sanctioned a 3% flat rate.
“Taxes are sanctioned by parliament. And once parliament has not approved it, we cannot say the Ministry of Finance has sanctioned any 3% flat rate for VAT.”
Mr. Dzadra however revealed that the Ministry had agreed tentatively with GUTA about considering the flat 3% rate.
“ We however, made it clear to them that we have to get approval from parliament before we can implement”, he added
Mr. Dzadra was speaking to Accra-based Citi Fm.
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