
Why is investment Gold VAT-taxed ?
Joshua Adamu ([email protected])
Ghana's gold sector recorded a notable policy development with the introduction of GoldBod Jewellery Tablets — a retail product that, for the first time, has made investment-grade physical gold accessible to the ordinary Ghanaian saver in denominations as low as one gram.
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