The controversial Communications Service Tax (CST) Amendment Bill, approved by parliament earlier this week, is now under review by the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications.
Kwaku Sakyi-Adoo, chief executive officer (CEO) of the chamber, which represents the country’s operators, sent a statement to Ghana News Agency yesterday (Thursday) which said the government would be duly informed of the outcome of their assessment.
HumanIPO reported last week the Talk Tax was expected to increase the cost to consumers as operators looked to pass the charge on, but on Monday the government withdrew the bill for further consultation.
In Sakyi-Adoo’s statement, he said the mobile operators had invested almost US$6 billion in the Ghanaian economy, while the inflation of communications costs was 0.4 per cent year-on-year in 2012, compared to 8.8 per cent on average in the rest of the economy.