According to Tax Analyst, Francis TimoreBoi, the over-reliance on consumer taxes in the country was affecting the government’s domestic revenue mobilisation drive as well as efforts at increasing the country’s tax to Gross Domestic Ratio (GDP) ratio.

The country’s current tax to GDP ratio stands at 12 per cent, which falls below the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 16.5 per cent.

In an interview with Citi Business News on the matter, MrBoi noted that a rebalancing of Ghana’s tax regime was needed

“Taxation is based on some taxes, that is, if you earn income you pay income tax if you consume you pay consumption tax, if you hold property you pay property tax. But then we have left these other elements of taxation and we are focusing on consumption tax, leaving persons earning income, especially those in the informal sector,” he said.

“So we need to spread the concept across. Possibly we need to rebalance the way our tax system operates. We also need to get the Tax Exemptions Bill passed without delay,” he added.