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Ghana Supreme Court Rejects Request for Injunction to Prevent Implementation of New E-Levy

06 May 2022

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On 4 May 2022, Ghana's Supreme Court rejected a request for an injunction to prevent the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from implementing the new "Electronic Transfer Levy", or "E-Levy". As previously reported, the minority in Ghana's Parliament filed a motion with the Supreme Court on 19 April seeking the injunction pending a decision on whether the approval of the Electronic Transfer Levy Act 2022 (Act 1075) was unconstitutional because the Parliament lacked the required constitutional quorum to vote. Although the request for an injunction was rejected, the decision on whether the Act is unconstitutional is still pending. According to the...