Ghana: Vehicle Owners To Pay For Emissions Levy

Vehicle owners in Ghana are expected to pay for emissions levy with effect from February 1, 2024.

This is in line with Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112) which imposes a levy on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions on internal combustion engine vehicles.

Ghana is seeking to tackle greenhouse gas emissions to promote the use of eco-friendly technology and green energy.

The levy amount varies based on the type of vehicle and its engine capacity.

“Motorcycles and tricycles are required to pay GH¢75 per annum, while motor vehicles, buses, and coaches up to 3000 cubic centimetres are required to pay GH¢150 per annum.

“Motor vehicles, buses, and coaches above 3000 cubic centimetres, cargo trucks, and articulated trucks are required to pay GH¢300 per annum,” the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) said in a public notice.

Some commercial transport operators in the country have declared their intentions to review transport fares to cover the emissions levy.

In an interview with Accra- based “Citi FM”, Abbas Imoro, the Public Relations Officer of GPRTU,  said, “We have alerted the whole nation that it is wrong to pay two different [fees] on one item.

If the authorities have failed to heed the awareness we have created, so be it.

It is so fortunate that we haven’t finally come up with our upward adjustment in lorry fares.

“We just have to calculate it in whatever decision we arrive at and share it with the passengers we take,” he said.

Source:https://energynewsafrica.com/