The International Customs Day has been celebrated in Accra, Ghana where custom officials as well as allied security agencies assembled to review the role of Customs in the swift and smooth cross-border movement of goods and people. The Commissioner General of Ghana Revenue Authority, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, described the role of Customs as pivotal in […]
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Lawyers, Doctors, Architects, Surveyors, Accountants, Engineers to pay taxes and issue VAT receipts for their services-GRA
As part of measures to boost domestic revenue mobilization and to meet its 2019 revenue target of 45 billion Ghana Cedis, the Ghana Revenue Authority has put in place measures calculated at helping them to achieve this ambition. To this end, the Authority says it intends to increase the compliance level of professionals in the […]
GRA to increase tax compliance level of professionals in 2019, lawyers, Doctors, Architects, Surveyors accountants etal targeted
As part of measures to boost domestic revenue mobilization and to meet its 2019 revenue target of 45 billion Ghana Cedis, the Ghana Revenue Authority has put in place measures calculated at helping them to achieve this ambition. To this end, the Authority says it intends to increase the compliance level of professionals in the […]
GRA tasked to collect 45 billion cedis for 2019, figure to be revised upward to help push Ghana Beyond Aid agenda
Government has given the Ghana Revenue Authority a revenue target of 45 billion Ghana Cedis to be collected in 2019. The figure according to the Commissioner-General of the GRA, Emmanuel Kofi Nti will be revised upwards to help government realize its objective of a Ghana Beyond Aid, adding that discussions aimed at revising the figure […]
GRA set to cut down on the number of Freight Forwarders in Ghana to sanitize industry
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has served notice that it will reduce the number of freight forwarders in the country in efforts to sanitize the industry. The Commissioner General of the Authority, Emmanuel Kofi Nti speaking at a press soiree in Accra Thursday, January 31, 2019 explained that there is a lot of impunity in […]
GRA to auction of overstayed goods and vehicles at the Tema port at 10 am today
As part of efforts to mop-up revenue before the end of the year and in accordance with Sections 93 (1) and 59 (2) of the Customs Act, 2015 (Act 891) which mandate the Commissioner-General to AUCTION OVERSTAYED GOODS AND FORFEITED VEHICLES, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division will auction vehicles and general goods at […]
Just in: GRA to auction overstayed goods and vehicles at the Tema port on 27th and 28th December, 2018
As part of efforts to mop-up revenue before the end of the year and in accordance with Sections 93 (1) and 59 (2) of the Customs Act, 2015 (Act 891) which mandate the Commissioner-General to AUCTION OVERSTAYED GOODS AND FORFEITED VEHICLES, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division will auction vehicles and general goods at […]
Implementation of CTN policy: GRA to the rescue of shippers, absorbs full cost
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, (GRA) Isaac Crentsil has disclosed that no importer will bear the cost of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) policy which was implemented on the 15th October, 2018. Contrary to media reports, he said the GRA will instead shoulder all the CTN charges. “Ghana Revenue […]
NABCO revenue model: GRA to pay 7.5 million Cedis every month as allowances to beneficiaries
The Ghana Revenue Authority is set to commit an amount of 7 million, Five Hundred and Sixty Four thousand, 200 cedis every month to pay the allowances of beneficiaries of the revenue Model of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) a statement from the Authority has revealed. In all, some 10, 806 beneficiaries have been posted […]
Confirmed: GRA begins implementation of CTN tomorrow, Monday October 15, 2018
The Ghana Revenue Authority has served notice that it will effectively begin the implementation of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) tomorrow, Monday, October 15, 2018. A press release announcing the commencement of the policy and copied to BestNewsGH.com stated in part that ‘’the intervention is to provide greater scrutiny of our major imports for both […]
President’s 22k salary vs. CEO’s 80k salary: must the president’s appointee earn more than him?
The debate on the president’s salary compared to some CEO’s of state institutions continue to rage on as some people find it difficult to understand why an appointee of the president should earn more than the president. For example, it is rumored that the Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority takes home 60 thousand […]
Breaking News: GRA ordered by Accra High Court to stop 2018 promotion interviews and exams
The Ghana Revenue Authority has been ordered to stop its ongoing staff promotion examination and interviews with immediate effect. This was after some staff of the Authority sought redress in an Accra High Court seeking an injunction on the Authority from Proceeding with the Promotion exams and interviews. Justice Jennifer Akua Tagoe of the High […]