Bawumia’s future innovative tax regimes creating possibilities for e- levy and other taxes withdrawal – George Akom

Mr. George Akom, the Parliamentary Candidate for Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that the proposal by NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to eliminate specific taxes if elected president is feasible. Speaking on the Wontumi Morning Show, George Akom said Many Sub-Saharan African countries are unable to generate sufficient tax revenues for public purposes. While it is widely accepted that governments’ ability to tax is shaped by politics, the precise mechanisms through which this relationship takes place in practice remain elusive. Based on a historical analysis of four major tax reforms in Ghana from…