Income Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2017 (Act 956)

Section 1—Section 6 of Act 896 amended The Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) referred to in this Act as the "principal enactment" is amended in section 6 by the deletion of subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2).

Section 2—Section 7 of Act 896 amended The principal enactment is amended in subsection (1) of section 7 (a) by the deletion of "and" after paragraph (s); (b) by the insertion after paragraph (t) of "(u) the income of an approved unit trust scheme or mutual fund ; and (v) the income of an approved Real Estate Investment Trust.".

Section 3—First Schedule to Act 896 amended The principal enactment is amended in the First Schedule (a) by the substitution for subparagraph (1) of paragraph 1 of 3 NO. CHARGEABLE INCOME RATE OF TAX 1 First GHS 3,132 NIL 2 Next GHS 840 5 percent 3 Next GHS 1,200 10 percent 4 Next GHS 33,720 17.5 percent 5 Exceeding GHS 38,892 25 percent (b) by the substitution for subparagraph (6A) of paragraph 3 of "(6A) The income tax rate applicable to the chargeable income of a business referred to in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of paragraph 1 of the Sixth Schedule for the next five year period after the temporary concession period is :" ; and (c) by the deletion of paragraph 8(1)(b)(viii).

Section 4—Sixth Schedule to Act 896 amended The principal enactment is amended in the Sixth Schedule (a) by the substitution for paragraph 6 of 6. "Young entrepreneurs (1) The income of a young entrepreneur from the business of manufacturing, information and communications technology, agro processing, energy production, waste processing, tourism and creative arts, horticulture and medicinal plants shall be exempt from tax for a period of five years. (2) The tax rate applicable for the five-year period after the initial concession period shall be as follows: NO. LOCATION TAX RATE 1. Accra and Tema 15% 2. Other regional capitals outside the three Northern regions 12.5% 3. Outside other regional capitals 10% 4. The three Northern Regions 5% (3) The person may carry forward an unrelieved loss for a period of five basis periods. (4) For the purpose of this paragraph, "young entrepreneur" means an entrepreneur who is not more than thirty-five years old." (b) by the insertion after paragraph 9 of 10. "Importers and manufacturers of excisable products 4 An importer or manufacturer of excisable goods shall be granted accelerated depreciation over a period of two years on affixing machinery and equipment imported for the implementation of the Excise Tax Stamp Policy as follows: NO. YEAR PERCENTAGE 1. First year 50% of initial value 2. Second year 50% of initial value 11. Private universities Privately-owned universities shall be exempt from tax when they plough back a hundred percent of their profit-after-tax into the business." Date of Gazette Notification: 29th December, 2017.