{
  "id": 809365,
  "title": "MTN passes on tax windfall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/mtn-passes-on-tax-windfall-809365",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-13T20:36:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/mtn-passes-on-tax-windfall/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) revised Value Added Tax Act took effect on January 1, few consumers would have expected their mobile operator to respond within 24 hours. Yet by the following morning, MTN Ghana — the country's dominant telecoms operator — had cut tariffs across its entire product suite, from voice calls to data bundles to device financing. The speed of the move was unusual.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Joy Business",
        "title": "MTN passes on tax windfall",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/mtn-passes-on-tax-windfall",
        "published": "2026-08-13T20:36:25.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}