Former government official Dr.
Gideon Boako has warned that the proposed abolition of the e-levy and betting tax by the Mahama-led government could violate the terms of the IMF program and potentially lead to the introduction of new taxes. "We don't want a situation whereby you give with your left hand and you take with your right hand.
They have to be explicit.
If they are cutting the taxes, they cut the taxes, they don't introduce any new taxes, you cannot cancel or scrap e-levy, scrap betting tax, and go behind and create another tax to fill the gap," he said in an interview with Citi News.