Tag: Ghana Revenue Authority
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GRA launches mobile application to verify tax stamps
The Ghana Revenue Authority has launched a mobile application named “Ghana Tax Stamp Authenticator” to help consumers to detect the genuineness of tax stamps on products sold in retail shops. The application launched on Tuesday enables consumers to scan and verify the excise tax stamps affixed on excisable products such as alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages…
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GRA workers protest poor working conditions, unlawful transfers etc
Workers of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) are protesting a myriad of issues that they say are affecting their ability to perform their jobs creditably. The workers on Wednesday evening staged a staff durbar where they complained about interference in their work by some appointees of government among others. The durbar staged by the Organized…
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Tax Justice Coalition wants Kwame Owusu removed from GRA post
The Tax Justice Coalition Ghana has called on the Akufo-Addo government to withdraw its appointment of Kwame Owusu as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Revenue Authority. A press release issued by the Coalition described the appointment as insensitive to the public outcry about the alleged acts of corruption and conflict…
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Former Maritime Authority boss appointed GRA Board Chair
The former Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu, has been appointed as the Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority. A letter addressed to Mr. Owusu and signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, Secretary to the President, said: “Pursuant to section 4 (1) (a) of the Ghana Revenue Authority Act, 2009 (Act 791)…
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Ghana Revenue Authority to tax e-commerce transactions
The Ghana Revenue Authority has commenced processes to enable it to impose taxes on businesses that sell products and services on the internet including Facebook. However, with the nature of the cyberspace, some analysts have cast doubt about the GRA’s ability to monitor and tax online businesses. But the GRA says it is currently drafting…
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More than 1,400 GRA staff reassigned in restructuring exercise
The Ghana Revenue Authority is set to rotate more than 1,410 employees to other areas of the organisation. A statement issued by the Finance Ministry said the exercise is necessary to retool GRA for the critical task of mobilizing revenue to finance improvements in the lives of Ghanaians. As part of the reorganization exercise, the…
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Ghana Revenue Authority announces changes at top management
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Kofi Nti, has announced a massive change of guard at its top management. According to an internal communication to staff of the tax-collecting agency, three commissioners have been reassigned to the Ministry of Finance “with immediate effect”. They are Commissioner for Domestic Tax Revenue Division, Kwasi Gyimah Asante;…
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Formal sector will no longer bear tax burden of the informal sector – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has stated the formal sector can no longer shoulder the tax burden of the informal sector, announcing that government is planning a raft of reforms to broaden the tax base. According to Mr. Ofori-Atta, the revenue authority has over the years neglected the informal sector in their revenue mobilization drive while…
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Low tax compliance threatening Ghana Beyond Aid agenda — Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the generally low taxes recorded by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is a serious threat to government’s ambition of moving the economy from aid dependence. Speaking at the Danquah Institute’s Economic Forum in Accra, the Minister stated that the country’s current tax to GDP ratio of 13.5 percent…
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Subah Reaches end of Contract Settlement with GRA
SubahInfosolutions has agreed an out of court settlement with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The value of the settlement is approximately three months service fee GH¢16,440,226 which SubahInfosolutions will have earned during the remainder of the contract. The parties have also agreed to an independent value-for-money audit of the assets and other technical infrastructure that…