51% of Ghanaians not at all confident Gov’t will use E-Levyfund dev’t programmes

Some fifty-one percent (51%) of the populace are not at all confident at all that the government will use revenues mobilised from the E-Levy to fund development programmes.

This is per findings contained in the recent Afrobarometer survey on citizens view of the E-Levy months after its passage.

Twenty-four percent (24%) of the population are “not very confident” the government will use revenues generated for development programmes.

However, some fifteen percent (15%) and nine percent (9%) of the population are “somewhat confident” and “very confident” that government will use the generated revenue to fund development programmes.

Per the survey, 67% of Ghanaians strongly disapprove of the levy with only two in every 10 Ghanaians (19%) approving of the levy.

Generally (76% of Ghanaians) think the E-Levy is a bad idea because it increases the tax burden on the poor and ordinary citizens.

Faced with the E-Levy, Ghanaians are about evenly split as to whether continue to use electronic financial transactions (47%) or avoid using them (49%).

Per the study, a majority of the Ghanaian populace agree that there are several important goals that a tax revenue system must achieve, including ensuring that people understand the taxes  they owe (82%), reducing the tax burden (81%), using tax revenues more effectively (83%), and ensuring that citizens and businesses pay taxes (79%).

Source: norvanreports.com