The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority has uncovered activities of two shipping companies and clearing agents involved in an alleged falsification of information on trade documents to evade payment of taxes. The clearing agents are said to have connived with the shipping lines to falsify information on their manifests and bills of lading, […]
The government has lost nearly GH¢9 billion in revenue from taxes generated on imported goods as a result of the reduction in the benchmark values in the last three years. The amount was lost between April 2019, when the implementation of the policy started, and March this year when it was reviewed. The discount policy […]
The Commander of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the Northern Region, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Mr. Paul Kwesi Ahiakpor is perhaps going to be the happiest Man to retire from the service in style. This is because he has achieved what BestNewsGH.com investigations reveal is a very enviable feat never achieved […]
The Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof. Stephen Adei has instructed Customs Officers at the Port of Tema not to take instructions from senior officers of other state agencies also operating in the port. Any such instructions, according to him, should be ignored and immediately reported to the Sector Commander of Customs. […]
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ghana Navy have concluded bilateral talks for the use of naval speedboats to combat smuggling activities both at sea and on river Volta. The Commissioner of Customs, Col Kwadwo Damuah disclosed this to The Chronicle in an exclusive interview over the weekend. According to […]
The Customs Staff Association have berated government and the Minister of Finance in particular for the recent changes that were effected within the top brass of the Division, saying the affected officers were doing their best to help realize the mandate of the Division , which is revenue mobilization. A statement issued by the group […]
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta today, Thursday July 11 2019 stormed the Port of Tema on a day’s working visit. His visit was particularly to assess the extent of work at the new terminal three which is part of the expansion project being embarked upon by Meridian Port Services (MPS). The terminal which received […]
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Isaac Crentsil has observed that the Paperless Port system currently being operated in the country’s ports has achieved a remarkable 85 percent success rate. According to him, the system has improved business transactions at the ports in terms of reduction in cost and time […]
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Isaac Crentsil, has expressed optimism that the division will achieve its revenue target of 17 Billion Ghana cedis for the state in the year 2019. The Commissioner of Customs who was speaking during the Passing Out Ceremony of 300 NABCO interns attached to the […]
IMANI Centre for Policy & Education has petitioned parliament to seek answers to a litany of issues raised by the policy think-tank in respect of a 10-year contract awarded to UNI-PASS to provide trade facilitation at Ghana’s ports. It explained that the petition has become necessary because since June 2018, IMANI has sent a number […]
This week, the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority held a public auction exercise where a number of overstayed cars and general goods were auctioned to members of the general public. In all, about 50 cars were auctioned by auctioneers who pegged the vehicles at a rate that will not affect Customs revenue. The […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority is alerting the general public about the discovery and seizure of some drugs and capsules that has been exported by Chinese Nationals to South Korea and which contains human parts including foetuses, infants and flesh. Some of the drugs according to the a GRA memorandum signed by Seidu Iddrisu, the Deputy […]
