Ghana Government Defends Revised Beer Excise Duty Sliding Scale

Government defends new beer exercise rates; sliding scale has not been abolished

The government has dismissed claims by Acra Brewery Limited that amendments to Ghana’s  beer excise duty sliding scale could unintentionally undermine local production, discourage future  investment and put thousands of jobs across the beer value chain at  risk. In a detailed rejoinder, it said, the sliding scale has not been abolished; but it has rather been retained in its three-band […]

By Charles Nixon