Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader in Parliament and one of the plaintiffs in the case against the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy), has described the Supreme Court’s order to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to preserve e-levy records pending the outcome of the substantive case as “refreshing and heartwarming.”
The Supreme Court ordered the GRA to preserve proper records of all e-levy deductions in order to issue refunds to payees if it is later determined that the law was unconstitutionally approved.
This came after the Court’s 7-member panel unanimously dismissed an application by three Minority MPs to halt the levy’s implementation.
Haruna Iddrisu, in response to the directive, stated that he is satisfied with the Court’s instruction to the GRA.
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“At least some people will not be in a rush to collateralise it until the substantive matter is determined. We raised this matter because it is of public interest, constitutional significance,” he told the press after the ruling on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, in rejecting the injunction plea, the court stated that the Republic would suffer greatly if the government was temporarily barred from collecting the levy from electronic transactions.
Nene Amegatcher presided over the Court, which included His Lordship Professor Ashie Kotey, Her Ladyship Getrude Torkornoo, Her Ladyship Lovelace Johnson, His Lordship Emmanuel Yony Kulendi, and Her Ladyship Professor Henrietta Mensah Bonsu.
SOURCE: myjoyonline
