E-levy is a digital way of robbing citizens - Party executive cries foul

The E-levy saga continues to ring a bell in the heads of Ghanaians. It is not known to the masses whether it will be passed or not.


Ghanaians are facing a new form of human insecurity imposed by their own government’s introduction of a new electronic transactions tax of 1.75% that threatens a near-total erosion of individual incomes of the citizens.
The main target of the government is E-commerce, or so they claim. However, non-commercial mobile money and electronic bank transactions are massive with shopping for consumables, family remittances, charity donations, and gifts topping the list.

This E-Levy is most unkind to those of you who have jobs and earn a fixed income every month. Although you already pay 25% of your basic salary to the government as direct income tax Pay as You Earn (PAYE), you’re now going to also pay as you transact (PAYT) the rest of the month with the rest of the same fixed salary.

According to Mr. Gyarko, Asante Bright Kintampo South Constituency Deputy Communication Aspirant speaking in an interview with the press said the introduction of E- levy on Ghanaians is simply described as a digital way of robbing.
He again indicated that Ghanaians are in hardship under Akuffo Addo Government and instead of him working on the economy to bring relief to Ghanaians you are rather introducing the Momo tax to punish the vulnerable in the society.