{"id":25375,"date":"2018-08-01T14:33:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=25375"},"modified":"2018-08-01T14:33:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T13:33:51","slug":"ghana-introduces-tax-on-luxury-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ghana-introduces-tax-on-luxury-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Introduces Tax On Luxury Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has imposed introduced a tax on luxury vehicles and the collection of the taxes would commence on Wednesday, (today), August 1.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Ghana Revenue Authority,\u00a0the taxes will only affect cars with engine capacity above 2950 or 3.0 and above, reports\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/08\/01\/collection-of-taxes-on-luxury-vehicles-starts-today\/\">Citinewsroom.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The new tax initiative states that vehicles with engine capacity of 2950 to 3549 capacity will pay GHS1,000 ($208) while vehicles with engine capacity of 3550 to 4049 will pay\u00a0 GHS1,500 ($312).<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Engine capacity above 4049 will pay GHS2,000 ($417).<\/p>\n<p>The tax was introduced to boost revenue in the nation and government is expected to raise about GHS300 million from the policy.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has imposed introduced a tax on luxury vehicles and the collection of the taxes would commence on Wednesday, (today), August 1. 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