The European Union’s tax chief said that the bloc’s use of value-added taxes shouldn’t be part of the trade tensions with the ...

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has justified the government’s decision to remove VAT on motor vehicle insurance, ...

This article explores common VAT misconceptions, clarifies the applicable rules, and provides practical guidance on how ...

The findings of several tax commissions have suggested that zero-rated items are not an adequate way to reduce the impact of a higher VAT rate. Low-income earners only benefit from a small proportion ...

The 2025 budgets tabled in parliament on 19 February 2025, which were not approved, proposed a 2% base point increase in the ...

Valuation is where things get difficult. VAT Group is a near-monopoly supplier of key, highly engineered equipment, and it ...

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has described Ghana’s Value Added Tax (VAT) system as “distorted” and in urgent need of reform to provide relief for ordinary Ghanaians and businesses.

Tensions over a 2 percentage point increase in VAT put a pause on the February budget, with parties in the Government of ...

Economists at Nedbank lay out what they expect from Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s second attempt to balance South ...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed the Ministry of Finance to assess extending VAT reductions through 2026.

There is a need to employ a gendered analysis of the impact of VAT due to gender segmentation in the South African labour ...