Ghana: Scrap COVID-19 levy, VAT on transit cargoes for efficiency at ports —GPHA

The acting Direc­tor General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Au­thority (GPHA), Brigadier General Paul Siedu Tanye-Kulono, has ap­pealed to government to consider the removal of the COVID-19 and Value Added Tax (VAT) on transit cargoes to boost business and promote efficiency at the ports.

According to him, the impo­sition of these taxes served as disincentive to transit business and increased the cost of doing business in the country.

Brig-Gen. made the appeal when he…