Teachers woke up to the shocking deduction of GHS100.00 from their Professional Development Allowance when their November 2021 salaries were credited to their accounts. The deduction has been condemned by teachers since the licensing fee once paid cannot be deducted from the teacher’s salary until the teacher is due for renewal.
In a press release sighted by Ghanaeducation.org purported to be emanating from the teacher unions, they have called for the Controller and Accountant General’s Department(CAGD) to immediately refund the deducted amount to all teachers whose income was charged with the fee.
Teachers call for a refund of Ghc 100 Licensing Fee and tax deducted on Professional Development Allowance.
The Professional Development Allowance per agreements reached with the government was not supposed to be taxed however, there is every indication that it has attracted a tax deduction.
The statement said
Contrary to the agreement not to tax the teachers Professional Development Allowance, there is an indication that the money to be paid at the end of November has been taxed. This unfortunate turn of events does not go down well with us, therefore, we call for the immediate reversal of the tax.
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Read the full press release below
For Immediate Release
23-11-2021
Teachers call for a refund of Ghc 100 Licensing Fee and tax deducted on Professional Development Allowance.
We, the teachers of the Ghana Education Service, call on the Controller and Accountant General’s Department(CAGD) to, as a matter of urgency, refund the Ghc 100 licensing fee deducted from our yet-to-be-paid November salaries and refund the tax deducted on the Professional Development Allowance.
For the records, last year November, an amount of Ghc 100 was deducted from teachers’ salaries as licensing fee yet most teachers across the country have not received their licenses.
Besides, the licenses, once received are supposed to be renewed every three years therefore, it is strange to see another deduction for a license we have paid for but not received.
Contrary to the agreement not to tax the teachers Professional Development Allowance, there is an indication that the money to be paid at the end of November has been taxed. This unfortunate turn of events does not go down well with us, therefore, we call for the immediate reversal of the tax.
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As teachers, we are the country’s gatekeepers, opening doors to opportunities and possibilities that are beyond the foreseeable horizon.
We trigger visions, develop building blocks, and catalyze actions to build the world to come.
We, therefore, should be accorded the best of respect when it comes to issues of our remuneration and conditions of service.
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Signed:
Mathias Tulasi 0243735430
Heletsi Christopher 0243277764
Alfred Avorfodi 0201584617