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General News of Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-02-19
Approximately 2,000 luxury vehicles were to participate in the demonstration.
The demonstration proposed by six groups against the tax on luxury vehicles today (Tuesday, February 19) has been postponed to March 7 this year.
About 2,000 luxury vehicle owners were expected to attend the event by driving their vehicles at the Ministry of Finance, Parliament and Golden Jubilee House.
The protest was scheduled to start at 8 am from Obra Spot through Kwame Nkrumah Avenue to the Farisco fire until TUC before going to the premises of the aforementioned institutions. .
The six groups are the Association of Vehicle and Asset Dealers of Ghana (VADAG), the National Association of Spare Parts Distributors, the True Drivers Union, the Association of Concerned Drivers, the Association of Engaged Drivers of Ghana and the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers.
The group's chairman, Mr. Eric K. Boateng, who confirmed the cancellation of the event to Graphic Online, said the cancellation had occurred as a result of a meeting with the police.
He explained that the police had indicated that due to the large number of vehicles participating in the event, this would result in vehicle traffic in the capital, hence the need to restructure their plan.
However, he said that the leaders of the group met Monday, February 18, 2019 to discuss the way forward and agreed that on March 7, the event would take place in all the regional capitals where they would submit their petitions to the various councils of regional coordination.
Mr Boateng, who is also chairman of VADAG, said that the tax on luxury vehicles would collapse, as people no longer bought cars and those already bought were returned.
"The ones we sold them are returned to them (the cars)," he said, adding, "We will take our independence from Ken Ofori Attah."
According to him, many people buy vehicles with such a capacity because of the bad roads of the country.
Mr. Boateng asked why the government would describe luxury vehicles with an engine of 3.0 or more, without taking into account the other components of the vehicles.
He said that such a tax "has never occurred in our history before and that is why we also want to make this historic protest against the government".
In July 2018, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta, during the mid-year budget review, announced the imposition of a tax on the importation of luxury vehicles into the framework of a new policy aimed at increasing revenues.
He added that the tax would be imposed on luxury vehicles with a capacity of 3.0 liters and more.
The law on luxury vehicles entered into force on August 1, after its adoption by the Parliament, which imposed an annual levy on high-capacity vehicles, after its proposal by the government.
With the approval of lawmakers for its application, vehicles with a cubic capacity ranging from 2,950 to 3,549 cubic centimeters had to pay a fee of 1,000 GH ¢, while those having an engine of between 3,550 and 4,049 cubic centimeters had to pay 1,500 GH ¢.
Vehicles with a displacement greater than 4049 cc were also required to pay GHG 2,000.
The fee would be paid by the owner of the vehicle at the time of registration of the vehicle, and at the latest at the annual renewal of the roadside clearance certificate, at the DVLA, the body authorized by law to collect the fee on behalf of the government.
Although the tax was imposed on vehicles with the cubic centimeter indicated before the law was pbaded, vehicles such as tractors are exempt from tax. ambulances; commercial vehicles capable of carrying more than 10 persons, commercial vehicles for the transport of goods, among others.
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