Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central has disclosed that a wrong impression has been created about the three revenue bills in parliament.
Currently, there are three new revenue bills before parliament to vote on their approvals. They include the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, Tax Amendment Bill and the Growth and Sustainability Amendment Bill.
It has been reported that the successful implementation of these bills will help the country secure the $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
However, Hon. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed has indicated that these bills have nothing to do with the deal the government is seeking from the IMF. According to him, this is another means the government wants to overburden taxpayers.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on the 30th of March which was monitored by 1Family Radio, the lawmaker stated that all the stories about these bills are not true.
“The minority thinks that it is insufferable that the government would want to overburden the people of Ghana with these new taxes,’’ he stated.
“In any case, we don’t see any good reason why the government wants to burden Ghanaian taxpayers with more taxes.’’
He reiterated that the new proposed taxes are ways of putting more pressure on taxpayers. “These new proposed taxes have nothing to do with the IMF agreement and this is a tale that has been sold out to Ghanaians,’’ he said.
Source: 1Familyradio
