Revert the Tax on our CPD Allowances for November 2021 to prevent agitations – Teacher Unions to GES

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Ellis Ferdinand
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EducationGhana|November 24| Teachers’ CPD Allowances: The Three Major    Teacher Unions, The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH) have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revert taxes on their Continuous Professional Development Allowances for November 2021.

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The Unions in a letter dated November 23, 2021, to the GES Director-General indicated, that the Taxing of their allowance was contrary to the agreement being between both parties for the institutionalization of the allowance in November 2020.
”Your letter Re: Continuous Professional Development Allowance to the Chief Executive Officer. Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, dated 19th November 2020 refers:
We wish to draw your attention to paragraph 2 in which you stated:”

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”It was agreed that this (Continuous Professional Development allowance) was not subject to tax. Incidentally, there are indications that the money … to be paid at the end of November 2020… has been taxed, contrary to the agreement reached (with the Teacher Unions), (and) likely to lead to agitations… if not corrected, and state that,
The Continuous Professional Allowance for Teachers 2021, has again been taxed, and therefore call on you to take immediate steps to correct the anomaly, and have the amounts taxed reimbursed to the teachers, to avert agitation by the Teacher Unions.” The letter said.
Background

Teachers and other staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) have been hit with some controversial deductions in the month of November.

Reports reaching EducationGhana indicates, that the controversial deductions include, GH¢100 National Teaching Council (NTC) deductions for Teacher License as well as GH¢ 509.55 Teacher Laptop deductions.

There have been allegations of an NTC License Renewal Tax which was deducted on a license that has not been renewed yet.

This has led to about GH¢200.00 increase in the tax being paid by the teachers.

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