Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has accused the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of unilaterally adding some Ghs 0.17 pesewas to the already Parliament approved Ghs 0.30 pesewas tax charge on fuel price as contained in the 2021 budget statement. In statement issued by the Chamber on Friday, April

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today regarding the Executive Board’s decision supporting the general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs): “The IMF Executive Board yesterday concurred in my proposal for a new general SDR allocation equivalent to US$650 billion – the largest allocation in the IMF’s

Ghana, together with South Africa, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Angola were the biggest recipients of the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights in sub-Saharan Africa to aid their economic recovery after Covid-19, the 2021 Annual World Bank Report has revealed.The six countries claimed about half the amount of SDRs allocated to

International financial markets have opened a window for African governments to diversify their funding sources from traditional multilateral institutions and foreign aid. For example, they can now borrow through issuing Eurobonds – these are international bonds issued by a country in a foreign currency, usually in US dollars and euros. South Africa was the first

Soaring natural gas prices are rippling through global energy markets—and other economic sectors from factories to utilities. An unprecedented combination of factors is roiling world energy markets, rekindling the memories of the 1970s energy crisis and complicating an already uncertain outlook for inflation and the global economy. Energy futures indicate that prices are likely to

Ahead of the presentation of the 2021 mid-year budget review today, Thursday, July 29, 2021, Energy Consultant, Dr. Yussif Sulemana, says he expects the government to review some taxes introduced in the petroleum sector. He argues that as oil prices on the global market continue to surge, the government stands to make up for any

Former Minister for Finance, Seth Terkper, has said, policy distortions to the country’s second-biggest tax handle – the Value Added Tax (VAT) – is impeding its ability to generate the needed revenue for government. Making the assertion at the second edition of the PFM Tax Africa Network Dialogue Series, the former Minister for Finance noted

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has reduced the addition of Ghs 0.17 pesewas to the already Parliament approved Ghs 0.30 pesewas tax charge on fuel price as contained in the 2021 budget statement. The reduction in the price of fuel followed a meeting between the Minister for Energy, the NPA, Association of Oil Marketing Companies

The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.

KEY POINTS A group of 130 nations has agreed to a global minimum tax on corporations, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Thursday, part of a broader agreement to overhaul international tax rules. Yellen did not announce the actual rate at which the GMT would be set, but the Biden administration has pushed for at least