Legal practitioner, Lawyer Kwame Jantuah, has voiced strong opposition to the Electronic Levy, also known as e-levy, calling for its removal and emphasizing how fraudulent he believes the tax is.
The e-levy was introduced by the previous Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government to tax electronic financial transactions.
The levy applies to various digital payments, including mobile money transfers, bank transfers, and payments made via online platforms.
The government introduced the levy in 2022 as part of its strategy to improve domestic revenue mobilization. As a result, a percentage fee is applied to mobile money transfers, bank transfers, and other digital financial activities, such as sending money, making payments for goods and services, and transferring funds through services like MTN Mobile Money.
Speaking on GHOne TV with Lantam Papanko, Lawyer Jantuah declared, “The e-levy is theft.” He stressed that many Ghanaians use mobile money (momo) as their primary bank account, questioning, “Why would the …