NPA bows to COPEC pressure: 15% petroleum tax soon to be made ‘specific amount’
Chief Executive of National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Hassan Tampuli, has revealed the much-criticised 15% Special Petroleum Tax (SPT) charged consumers at the pumps will soon be made a specific tax. The revelation by Mr Tampuli today, Saturday 10, 2018, follows a demonstration last week by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) and the Industrial and […]
COPEC intensifies pressure on NPA over 15% petroleum tax; threatens another protest
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) says it will hit the streets in the coming days if the petroleum sector regulator fails to scrap the 15% Special Petroleum Tax. COPEC last Wednesday led a demonstration over the increasing price of petroleum products, which they say has brought hardship on Ghanaians. Following that demonstration, Chief Executive […]
