GRA orders follow John Mahama’s assenting to the bills following parliament officially passing the Electronic Transfer Levy Repeal Bill 2025, abolishing the contentious E-Levy that taxed electronic financial transactions in Ghana.

President John Dramani Mahama assented to bills to abolish the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy), Betting Tax, Emissions Levy repeal bills and Emissions Tax.

GRA official communication notified all stakeholders that the Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022 (Act 1075) and the Electronic Transfer Levy (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1089) had been signed into law, abolishing the 1% E-Levy, effective April 2, 2025.

The statement stated, “In accordance with our previous communication regarding implementation guidelines, this letter serves as formal authorization for you to proceed with the deployment of the ‘no charge’ configuration on your platforms”.

The GRA in their statement outlined the following:

The GRA Electronic Transfer Levy Management and Assurance System (ELMAS) will automatically return a “no charge” on all transactions posted to it by entities from midnight!

Charging Entities must cease applying the 1% E-Levy from midnight on all their channels!