20% VAT on Digital Services Draws Criticism for Penalising Ghanaian Diaspora

Economist Boako has publicly argued that Ghana's 20% VAT on digital services disproportionately penalises Ghanaians in the diaspora and cross-border digital economy participants while favouring foreign users. The critique adds a diaspora-equity dimension to the digital services tax debate that has been running since banks were tasked with collecting the levy on platforms including Netflix, Spotify, and ChatGPT, and subsequently clarified by the Ghana Revenue Authority.