Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah has said that anyone who can’t pay the 1.75% E levy proposed in the 2022 budget shouldn’t use Mobile Money for their transactions.
According to the Chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee of Parliament, “I have always been saying that the MoMo tax is not a compulsory tax”.
“You only pay when you use it; when you don’t use it, you don’t pay”, he explained.
“If you think it is expensive, there is no other procedure for making payments that will be equal to MoMo”, he noted.
“So, what we are saying is that the tax is targeted at those who have the ability to pay not those who are receiving”, he said.
“So, if you are receiving, it is OK to go and negotiate with the person who has gone to the bank to borrow money to be a MoMo agent to pay money out”.
“Otherwise, keep the money on your phone, and you don’t owe anyone any money”, he told journalists in parliament.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
