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Budget Highlights 2012-Final.Pub National Budget “Infrastructural Development for Accelerated Growth and Job Creation” Macroeconomic policies that the Government has Reforms/Initiatives pursued over the last few years, have shown posi- The 2012 Budget tive results; a sustained drop in inflation to sin- The 2012 Budget includes several reforms and Statement and gle digit, a relatively stable currency against the policy initiatives designed to create an ena- Economic Policy major trading currencies and an improved budget bling environment for infrastructure develop- was delivered to deficit position (September 2011). This gives a ment, the inclusion of the private sector, espe- Parliament on solid basis for Ghana to optimise its potential as cially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Wednesday 16 an emerging lower middle income economy. and various revenue enhancement measures. November 2011 by Dr. Kwabena There is evidence of a sustained growth in Gross In the light of the recent set backs with major Duffuor, Minis- Domestic Product (GDP) from 4.0% in 2009 to infrastructure projects (e.g. STX, Accra- ter of Finance 13.6% in 2011. The increased access to credit, Kumasi Road Dualisation, the Gang of Six), it and Economic falling trends in lending rates and increased for- is imperative that planned initiatives to reduce Planning eign direct investments all suggest increased in- infrastructural deficit using the US$ 3 billion vestor confidence in the domestic market and an China Development Bank (CDB) facility should Outlined in this improving economic environment. It is no sur- be diligently and expeditiously executed to publication are prise that the International Monetary Fund achieve the desired impact . some of the prin- (IMF) considers Ghana as one of the fastest cipal matters in growing economies in the world today. Government recently launched its policy docu- the Budget State- ment on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) for ment: Interim data on implementation of the 2011 major projects. This policy framework should Budget over the first 3 quarters indicate that facilitate infrastructural development. It is In this issue revenues were above the budget target by 8.4 % vital that Government consistently applies while expenditures remained lower than the these policies to win the confidence and trust Commentary budget estimate by 1.2 %. of the private sector. Overall sum- The question is how sustainable is the improve- mary The sustained efforts of Government to deepen ment in fiscal/economic performance given that the activities of SMEs are commendable. SMEs The Econ- most of the critical subsectors such as manufac- are a catalyst to growth and require significant omy turing, financial services, agriculture, and hospi- attention. Government plans to promote SME Direct Taxa- tality did not achieve their 2011 targets? What listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange and ini- tion and VAT measures has Government put in place to shore tiatives by the Trade Ministry to provide access Customs and up these sectors and not be over reliant on the to credit by way of grants are all steps in the Excise Oil and Gas (O&G) sub-sector to drive the accel- right direction. Sectoral Out- erated growth and job creation agenda? look In response to the global economic downturn The 2012 Budget, which is the fourth for the cur- Glossary and Government is placing increasing reliance rent administration, seeks to answer these ques- on internal funds, and this year’s Budget re- tions focusing on infrastructure development as flects further proposals to increase revenue We will point out the take off point. that in prior mobilisation through taxation. The extractive years, changes industry, mining companies in particular, It is estimated that meeting Ghana’s infrastruc- would be most impacted by the reforms. have often been ture needs over the next ten years would cost made to propos- approximately US$1.6 billion per year. For 2012, A tax amnesty is being introduced in 2012 to als in the Budget Government plans are underpinned by infra- Statement before Encourage those taxpayers outside the tax net structure investments across various sectors in- into the mainstream, bring structure to the the relevant bills cluding O&G, power, transport, roads and high- have been informal ways, water, housing, education, health and ser- sector, and to increase tax revenues. We note published and vices. enacted that the grace period allowed this time around is nine months which is an additional three The real economy for the various sectors grew by months compared to the 2006 amnesty grace 4.2% for Services, 2.8% for Agriculture and 32% period of six months. for Industry (due to Oil and Gas). The resident individual tax payer thresholds The 2012 Budget also highlights the traction have been widened for PAYE and this is ex- gained on stabilisation of the fiscal policy and pected to result in increased disposable income showcases the continued tax reforms in both the for employees and possibly enhanced standard personal and corporate tax arena, healthcare, of living for wage earners. food and agriculture sectors. PwC Ghana 2012 Ghana Budget Highlights: Commentary 1 Commentary Continuing with Government’s revenue mobilisa- The 2012 Budget has set the stage for Ghana’s tion strategies in this year’s budget is the pro- growth. Given the reported achievements of 2011, posed transfer pricing legislation. This the targets set for 2012 should be realisable as should guide multinationals on their cross border they are rather conservative. Alongside this, Gov- transactions with related parties and will affect ernment should ensure strict fiscal discipline so the corporate income taxes as well as the VAT as to sustain the gains achieved to date in light of payable by multinationals in Ghana. the fact that 2012 is an election year. The 2012 Budget also provides for the exemption In conclusion the Budget sets out the road map of Capital Gains Tax on stocks traded on the GSE towards addressing the current infrastructure for another five years. The strategy with this ini- deficit. If successfully implemented it should tiative is to encourage transactions on the stock make Ghana an attractive destination for foreign exchange and in the long term make the securi- direct investments and also encourage domestic ties market more vibrant and fluid. investments participation. This should assist in realising the desired accelerated economic Corporate Ghana is again delighted to note the growth , improved infrastructure and job adoption of some of their recommendations in creation. the 2012 budget, including; Repeal of the National Fiscal Stabilisation Levy; Prompt refund of VAT credits with guide- lines and timelines; The consolidation of all tax laws into a single legislation; Introduction of a mechanism for offsetting tax credit balances against other tax types (e.g. VAT credit against corporate tax pay- able); Adoption of appropriate measures to en- sure that tax holidays serve as true incen- tives and are not abused by recipients; Exemption of sub-contractors in the oil and gas industry from VAT or alterna- tively including them within the scope of the VAT relief purchase orders, currently available to contractors only. Perhaps responding to public opinion, the Budget Statement has provided for a windfall profit tax for the mining sector and also increased the cor- porate income tax rate for mining companies to 35%. These new taxes ostensibly would cover all mining companies including those with Stabilisation Agreements, a scenario which would not augur well for investor confidence. PwC Ghana 2012 Ghana Budget Highlights: Commentary 2 National Budget “Infrastructural Development for Job Creation” The Economy We believe however, that it would be prudent to manage the rate of growth of The theme for the 2012 Budget ‘’Infrastructural Development for Accelerated Growth and Job Ghana’s external debt as there is a real Creation’’ is reflective of the Government of Ghana’s opportunity to wean the country off donor continuing pursuit of its ‘’Better Ghana’’ agenda. The funds with the expected inflows from oil reve- nue. focus of the 2012 Budget is on the provision of key infrastructure in various sectors of the economy to stimulate growth and support the private sector to Economic objectives and policies for create more jobs to improve the incomes of Ghana- 2012 and the medium term ians. The 2012 Budget is aligned to Government’s It is also worth noting that Ghana has met all four con- strategy as laid out in the Ghana Shared vergence criteria (single digit inflation of 8.6%, exter- Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA). nal reserves of 3 months import cover, fiscal deficit In fiscal year 2012 –2014 Government’s mac- excluding grants to GDP ratio of 1.9% and Central roeconomic policy will focus on three comple- mentary objectives, namely: Bank financing 0%) for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) as at June 2011 for the first time since the programme commenced in 2001. Preserving the gains of macroeconomic stabilisation and fiscal consolidation 2011 performance achieved since 2009; Creating fiscal space for high-priority in- Description Target 2011 Projected vestments to spur long-term growth and outturn to development; and end of 2011 Maintaining inflation in single digits. Real GDP 7.5% 8% growth rate To achieve the above objectives, Government (excluding oil) plans to maintain fiscal deficits at levels that can be prudently financed without crowding Real GDP 14.4% 13.6% out private sector credit. There are also ef- growth rate forts to fill the country’s large infrastructure (including oil) gaps by accelerating and keeping consistent with the Ghana Shared Growth and Develop- 12 month CPI 8.7% 9% ment Agenda (GSGDA). inflation (average) The GSGDA 2012 – 2014 focuses on struc- End of period 9% 8.6% tural transformation of Ghana’s economy inflation through industrialisation, modernised agri- culture and natural resource development.
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