Ghana’s 2025 Budget: VAT Reforms and Tax Changes

The Ghanaian Ministry of Finance submitted the 2025 budget statement to Parliament on March 11.
The statement includes measures to:
Abolish VAT on motor vehicle insurance policies
Abolish VAT exemption for non-life insurance policies
Review and consolidate levies under the Energy Sector Levies Act
Remove the GETFund Levy and National Health Insurance Levy from VAT calculations, and reduce the effective VAT rate
Reverse the VAT flat-rate regime
Increase the VAT registration threshold to exempt micro and small businesses

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