Daily Graphic

"Imported vehicles to attract VAT", says a front page headline of the Daily Graphic. The accompanying story says all vehicles imported into Ghana, except ambulances and agricultural tractors, now attract 10 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT). Vehicle up to 1900cc, attract five cent import duty and 10 per cent VAT, those in the 1900cc to 2500cc, attract 10 per cent import duty and 10 per cent VAT while vehicles above 2500cc, attract 10 per cent import duty, 10 per cent VAT and 17.5 per cent special tax. The Graphic says the decision has been taken as part of measures to plug the loopholes in Ghana's tax administration and to increase the government's revenue base for economic development.

In another front page story, headlined: "Ex-Juaso chief arrested in Accra", the Graphic reports that Nana Owusu Akyaw Prempeh II, who had been declared wanted by the Kumasi Police for breach of the peace leading to the loss of life and property, has been arrested in Accra. He is alleged to have defied the orders of the Ashanti Regional Security Council and the Police Administration to cancel a planned procession and party at Juaso in the Ashanti Region, since the intended activities threatened public peace and order. The Graphic says Nana Prempeh who was arrested at a hide-out, is being held at the Police Headquarters. He is reported to have gone into hiding soon after the incident in which his supporters clashed with the police leading to the death of one person and the injury of 11 policemen. The paper says Nana Prempeh, together with his accomplices, will be arraigned before court soon.