The country’s first-ever Independent Tax Appeals Board has been inaugurated, with a call on the members to ensure speedy adjudication, accuracy and fairness in tax dispute resolution and transform the country’s domestic revenue mobilisation efforts. The 11-member board is chaired by Justice Lawrence Mensah, a retired Court of Appeal Judge, with members including the President […]
The Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Effiduase Asokore in the Sekeyere East District of the Ashanti Region has been shut down indefinitely after students went on a violent demonstration on Sunday, January 22, 2023. According to the management of the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service, the decision to close […]
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project, Apostle Prof. Kwadwo Opoku Onyinah, has explained that given the membership of the board and the divergent views they represent, it is not possible for all members to have their way. That, however, does not also mean that their opinions are not considered […]
The police have arrested and charged Nana Agradaa’s lawyer, for verbally assaulting police officers who were in the process of arresting Agradaa in a different matter. According to the prosecution, Theophilus Donkor, rained insults on a female police officer and used abusive words such as “you are idiot, stupid police woman, you did not know your […]
All member countries of the G20 group of economic powers are on board for a restructuring of Ghana’s debt and Paris Club members are ready to take the first step towards forming a creditor committee, an official from the Paris Club told Reuters on Thursday. Ghana last week requested a restructuring of debt it owes […]
The 2023 Annual New Year School and Conference has ended in Accra with a call on the Ministry of Finance to develop a differential interest rate structure for businesses under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Participants in the 74th edition of the conference recommended that the ministry work with the Bank of Ghana […]
The Ghana Health Service will from today to January 24, roll out the latest phase of a nationwide mass COVID-19 vaccination exercise to help increase the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. The exercise is the sixth in the series of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Days Campaign launched in February last year, to enhance uptake and […]
A 77-year-old sick retiree, Peter Kojo Nyasepe, has vowed to stay at his bank’s premises until he receives his interest on his bonds at the end of the month. Peter, who is a bondholder says he buys medications to survive from the returns on his bonds and therefore the returns cannot be withheld. Speaking in […]
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has assured that government will not touch Treasury Bills (T-bills) under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. According to him, it will be suicidal for government’s own finances and fundraising programmes in the future to touch T-bills as part of the programme. Mr. Ofori-Atta noted that government has conducted a Debt Sustainability […]
The Board of Trustees of the controversial National Cathedral project has responded to the presiding Bishop of the Lighthouse Group of Churches, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills over comments made in his resignation letter. According to Board, the respected preacher, and all other members of the trusteeship, should appreciate that they will not always have their ways […]
Companies that under-declare their incomes and also use other dubious means to evade taxes will face the full rigours of the law, the Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has warned. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Graphic last Tuesday, he said tax evasion, avoidance and under-declaration of income were pervasive […]
A 57-year-old man has been arrested for attempting to smuggle fake currency with a supposed value of CFA80 million into the country through an unapproved route at Aflao near the Ghana-Togo border. The amount is equivalent to GH¢1.5 million. The suspect, identified as Aremu Timothy Adeyboyegu, was arrested while he was a pillion rider on […]
