Tag: Communication Service Tax
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Tax Justice Coalition wants CST increment reversed
The Tax Justice Coalition is calling on government to reverse the increment in the communication service tax announced in the 2019 mid-year budget review last July. The coalition in a statement issued on Monday October 21, 2019 urged the Ministry of Finance to reverse its decision which, it said, places additional financial burden on Ghanaians.…
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[Article] Telecom service providers are not cheating anyone
Telecom service providers provide an essential service so important that they are put in development markers. They bear the cost of running, deploying and creating their own infrastructure, even when it benefits the whole community. They lay fiber-optic cables, they extend wireless services, they allow for anyone who can afford it to get connected to…
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DSTV announces price adjustment over CST increase
Cable TV services provider, DSTV, has announced that it will from November 1, 2019, adjust upwards the prices of all its subscription packages following the increase in the communication service tax (CST) by the government. The Communication Service Tax which was introduced in 2008 was pegged at a rate of 6 percent payable by consumers…
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Telecom consumers scared CST could derail cash-lite agenda
Some stakeholders in the telecommunication sector have raised concerns that the increase in the communication service tax could thwart the government’s efforts to promote an economy less reliant on cash. While speaking at the Second MOMO@10 Stakeholder Forum which is on the theme “the role of regulation in sustaining the growth of Mobile Financial Services…