Ghana’s 20% VAT on foreign digital services raises double-charging concerns

Ghana’s tax authority is telling the public that the 20% now collected on payments to foreign digital services is not a new tax. Two of its own officials have described that charge in ways that do not match, and the authority has not yet explained how banks will avoid charging twice. From 15 October, banks and payment providers have been collecting tax at the moment of payment when a customer uses a Ghana-issued card, a mobile money account or a digital wallet to pay a non-resident provider for