The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) has welcomed government’s directive banning selected transit goods from entering the country via land borders, but warned that fruit juice and similar products could be next under the crackdown. FABAG commended the Ministry of Finance and Finance Minister Dr Forson for the move, which requires goods such […]
Nine officers drawn from state agencies have been arrested and placed under police inquiry following the interception of a large consignment of undeclared Tramadol at the Tema Port. Those arrested include five Customs officers, one officer from the Narcotics Control Commission, one Port Security officer, one officer from the Energy Commission and one officer from […]
The outgoing Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Brigadier General Glover Ashong Annan, has officially handed over authority to the new Acting Commissioner, Aaron Kanor. The handover ceremony took place at the forecourt of the Customs Headquarters in Accra, marked by a display of military precision, including a rifle display, […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has interdicted five officers of its Customs Division with immediate effect pending the outcome of an internal investigation into alleged procedural breaches. In a statement, the Authority’s management said the action follows preliminary findings from an enforcement operation conducted on February 18, 2026. The operation involved a consignment of transit […]
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Mr. Aaron Kanor as the new Acting Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), with immediate effect. The appointment was conveyed in a letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Callistus Mahama. Mr. Kanor succeeds Brigadier General Glover Ashong Annan, the outgoing Commissioner […]
The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) has called on government to extend the ban on selected transit goods beyond the Aflao border to all land entry points across the country. In a statement issued Monday, FABAG commended the Government of Ghana and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for what it described as a […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that new adjustments under the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 1141), will take full effect today, July 16, 2025—just a day after President John Dramani Mahama directed the cancellation of fuel allowances and allocations for all political appointees as part of sweeping austerity measures. In an […]
A former Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, and two other former officials of the GRA are in custody over their roles in the SML Scandal, according to information exclusively available to manassehazure.com. The other two, according to sources at the OSP, are Dr. Isaac Crentsil, a former Commissioner […]
The Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has called on the Ministry of Finance and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to heed the request for tax exemptions for state media houses to enable them to continue providing essential public services. He also appealed to Parliament to support the granting of tax waivers […]
The end of the era of the Electronic Transaction Levy, commonly called E-Levy, kicked in fully on Thursday as the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) sanctioned its reversal upon the President’s assent of the Bill that abolished the levy. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has since reaffirmed that the E-Levy has been officially abolished as of […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has officially announced the abolition of the controversial 1% Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy). This follows the President’s assent to the Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022 (Act 1075) and its Amendment Act, 2022 (Act 1089) earlier today. With immediate effect from midnight, April 2, 2025, all financial institutions and payment platforms […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has revealed to JoySports that one of the containers that delivered one of the nine buses procured by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for Division One League clubs contained over 30 mattresses, bringing the total expenditure to GHC 356,380.33. It is not immediately known to JoySports whether the mattresses were […]
