Ghana Parliament Passes Excise Bill Removing Duty on Locally Manufactured Fruit Juice and Introducing Sliding-Scale Excise Regime

The Parliament of Ghana has passed the Excise Bill, 2026, which provides for a new consolidated excise duty framework and repeals and replaces the Excise Duty Act, 2014 (Act 878) and the Excise Tax Stamp Act, 2013 (Act 873). The Bill was introduced in Parliament on 23 July 2026 and was passed on 28 July 2026. The reforms include the removal of the 20% excise duty on locally manufactured fruit juice and the introduction of differentiated excise duty rates based on the proportion of locally so…