In the 2023 budget statement, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said this review was part of a “seven-point agenda aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability and accelerating our economic transformation.”
The review of the act is to “aggressively mobilise domestic revenue.”
As part of the review of the e-levy act, the minister also said the daily threshold would be reviewed.
The minister admitted that the levy which was introduced in the 2022 budget “has not yielded the resources as expected.”
Mr. Ofori-Atta also noted that the government received several proposals for review of the E-Levy “and is working closely with all stakeholders to evaluate the impact of the Levy.”
He said these could include the revision of the various exclusions.
“As a first step, however, the headline rate will be reduced to one percent of the transaction value alongside the removal of the daily threshold,” Mr. Ofori-Atta stated.
The government reduced expectations for revenue collection from the levy after an initial projection of GHS 7 billion.
In July, projections were reduced by about ten-fold to GHS 611 million.