The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram has advised the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to take into consideration the opinions of stakeholders over the implementation of taxes in future.
Mr. Sam Nartey George's caution comes after the GRA on April 28, revealed that it would not be able to fully implement the Electronic Transfer E-levy from May 1.
The GRA says the operationalization of the E-levy will be done in a modified-phased approach.
The Authority came by this decision following an assessment to test the general readiness of some charging entities to integrate with the E-Levy management system.
Before its recent decision, Mr. Sam Nartey George had pointed out to the Authority that it was not ready to fully implement the levy on May 1. But the GRA disagreed.
In view of GRA's rescission, Mr. Nartey George in a tweet told the Authority: "next time take technical advise when it is given."
"When you rush, you would crush," he added.
According to the Ningo-Prampram MP, the Application Programming Interface (API) and the security architecture have not been made available to the telecommunications companies (Telcos).
“I can speak on authority that as at close of day as late as 11:00pm last night (Wednesday), when the Commissioner-General for the GRA says all the APIs have been given to all Electronic Money Issuers (EMI) is incorrect. At least two APIs are still outstanding,” he said.
“Critical amongst the two is the reversal API. The GRA at the last technical meeting admitted that because all the robustness tests have not been done for the system, there’s a possibility of downtimes where when you place a call to the API to do all the checks before a tax is applied or not applied, and it’s possible that you will not get the checks done in real-time."
He stated that this is likely to create problems, including the likelihood of sparking confusion at Mobile money vending points.
Latest Stories
-
Bright Simons: The SML defence “falls flat”
5 mins -
We need long term macroeconomic stability to build a strong and vibrant economy – Deloitte Boss
6 mins -
Adomaa Adjeman to make theatre debut as Aku Sika in Prof Martin Owusu’s epic
8 mins -
U.S. government supports Ghanaian partners to protect Intellectual Property
13 mins -
Eric Johnson
19 mins -
Tanzania denies abuse reports as World Bank halts funds
27 mins -
2024 polls: The person I defeated twice can’t succeed me – Akufo-Addo
34 mins -
NBA: Miami Heat beat Boston Celtics to even series
43 mins -
Two sentenced for stealing over 1,000 bags of rice
48 mins -
Zulu monarchy in row over king’s praise singer
51 mins -
Xavi to remain as Barcelona coach until at least June 2025
53 mins -
2Pac’s estate threatens to sue Drake over use of late rapper’s AI-generated voice
55 mins -
Yaw Nsarkoh: The President’s letter on the KPMG (SML) Report
55 mins -
Manasseh’s praise and criticism of Akufo-Addo’s action on the SML scandal
1 hour -
KPMG’s report confirms we haven’t been paid $100m – SML
1 hour