1. Economic
First, governments introduce tax when peoples’ incomes are growing. Because incomes are growing, the new tax will not overburden the people.
In the case of E-levy, incomes were not growing, so it was not economically advisable to introduce such a tax.
Secondly, E-levy traps the poor in society, further stifling the already paltry income of poor people. The ¢100 threshold is too low for anyone to escape. In essence, even if a market woman is sending a ¢1,500 school fees to her son at the university, she will pay E-levy. Tax on school fees?
2. Political
The NPP campaigned in 2016 on abolishing nuisance taxes. Today, E-levy is here. Can someone explain? Is that not a U-turn?
E-levy is a political catastrophe for the NPP. It shouldn’t have been conceived in the first place.
3. Technological
E-levy defeats all of the government’s efforts to digitize the economy. E-levy is a major disincentive to digital growth.
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