The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has lambasted Government over the controversial Electronic transfer levy (E-levy).
The Council urged government to check misappropriation and misapplication of public funds rather than pushing through the levy.
Noting that the government loses a lot of revenue through such nefarious acts as recorded in various reports of the Auditor-General, the Council said government would rake in more if it plugged the loopholes that drain the public purse.
Reverend Emmanuel Teimah Barrigah, General Secretary of the Council, told Citi News that “if we lose GH¢12 billion through the misapplication, misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds and we are looking for GH¢6 billion from E-levy, why don’t we just take steps to prevent such wastages?”
“If this is not done, even monies collected through E-levy will be wasted. Without collecting the E-levy in the first place, when all loopholes are plugged, we can save a considerable amount of money to carry out the developmental projects government will like to embark on.”
The 1.75% e-levy, now pegged at 1.5%, was introduced by the government in the 2022 Budget on basic transactions related to digital payments and electronic platform transactions.
Government expects the levy to provide an extra GH¢6.9 billion to execute developmental projects in 2022.
