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Anxiety Over 2022 Budget: Experts Call For Consensus-Building

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Legon has called for the review of the 2022 Budget, particularly the proposed E-levy of 1.75 per cent.

Four governance experts and an economist have urged Parliament to build consensus in decision-making in the interest of the nation.

Eleven people have been inducted into the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) for demonstrating excellence in their respective fields of speciality that has contributed to national development.

ISSER Advises Against Introduction Of New Taxes In 2022 Budget

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has, in a rather surprise turn of events, cut the monetary policy rate by a 100-basis points, against

Graphic Online BY: Maxwell Akalaare Adombilla 30.5k Shares 705 The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has rolled out a tax incentive scheme for taxpayers to help cushion businesses and people against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The scheme involves waiving the penalty and the accrued interest on tax arrears for both corporate and individual taxpayers as a motivation for them to regularise their tax obligations during the crisis period. The package from the authority took effect fro...

  The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) classification of Ghana as a Low-income economy is a narrow way of defining a country’s economic status, Professor Peter Quartey has said. Prof Quartey, who is the Head, Economics Division, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, said just looking at the fiscal data, revenue, expenditure, and debt to GDP did not tell the total story of a country. Prof Quartey reacting to the current IMF’s classificatio...

+ The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) classification of Ghana as a Low-income economy is a narrow way of defining a country’s economic status, Professor Peter Quartey has said. Head of Economics Division, at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Prof Quartey said just looking at the fiscal data, revenue, expenditure, and debt to GDP did not tell the total story of a country. Prof Quartey reacting to the current IMF’s classificat...

  The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) classification of Ghana as a Low-income economy is a narrow way of defining a country’s economic status, Professor Peter Quartey has said. Prof Quartey, who is the Head, Economics Division, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, said just looking at the fiscal data, revenue, expenditure, and debt to GDP did not tell the total story of a country. Prof Quartey reacting to the current IMF’s classificatio...