Ghana most internationally recognized artists Michael Owusu Addo popular known as Sarkodie has finally jumped into the ongoing debate about the proposed E-levy tax which has been laid before Ghana’s parliament.
Sarkodie said he would have had no issues with the bill if there were legitimate investives created by the government for creatives to make money in the country.
He explained that he pays a lot of taxes abroad and he doesn’t complain because it generates revenue for his music career.
When a fan asked him about the E-levy on Twitter, Sarkodie said people aren’t complaining because the bill is bad but rather because the inventive for people to generate revenues aren’t in place.
I pay a lot of taxes when I travel and I don’t complain because I am using avenues they made available to make money. It’s not the same here and that’s why we complain not because the “E Levy” is bad. When you broke, a harmless “good morning “ can sound like a tease, he tweeted.
The Minister for Finance, announced in Parliament the intention of the government to implement the bill where 1.75% will be taxed on digital transactions.
He said this is to “widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector.”
The proposed levy covers mobile money payments, bank transfers, merchant payments and inward remittances.
Meanwhile, Sarkodie isn’t the only celebrity to talking out against the levy.
Other celebrities such as DKB, Kwaw Kese , Kwaisey Pee and Bukom Banku have all spoken against the payment for the tax.
So for the numerous awards winning artist Sarkodie, he thinks the government should create more avenues which will fetch more income for the people before he brings the E-levy into consideration .
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