Ghana: ‘Impose windfall taxes on thriving sectors to increase revenue’

 The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has recom­mended that the next gov­ernment should contemplate the implementation of windfall taxes on thriving sectors such as extractives, banking, telecom­munications, and Information and Communication Technology firms in order to bolster the nation’s tax revenue.

The economic think-tank said, this measure was essential for improving the country’s revenue collection and alleviating the government’s reliance on borrowing, which…