The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stepped up efforts to ensure that all tax defaulting companies honour their obligations to the state in order for the authority to meet its revenue target for the year. Consequently, the authority has ordered seven directors of three companies to report to its Domestic Tax Division for discussions on […]
The Minister for National Security, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah has urged staff and management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to address revenue leakages, particularly at key revenue generating points in the country to help safeguard Ghana’s economic security. Revenue leakages, he said, occur with the complicity of some staff of the GRA who he described […]
General Overseer for the Royalhouse Chapel International, Sam Korankye Ankrah, has described the $1 million gift given to his daughter on her wedding day as a ‘faith cheque’. This comes after the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), in a letter sighted by Myjoyonline.com summoned Naa Dromo Korankye-Ankrah for tax returns on her wedding gift. However, explaining the motive […]
The affixing of tax stamps on alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages has grown exponentially since its introduction about four years ago. From an initial 28.5 million tax stams affixed in 2018, the number increased to 38.5 million the following year and 70.2 million in 2020, with managers of the project projecting to affix some 90 million […]
The Head Office Annex of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, Accra, which was destroyed by fire will be opened for business in July this year. The office has remained closed since December 2019 following the inferno which affected the archives unit of the GRA which is housed in the office. […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has rolled out a tax incentive scheme for taxpayers to help cushion businesses and people against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The scheme involves waiving the penalty and the accrued interest on tax arrears for both corporate and individual taxpayers as a motivation for them to regularise their tax obligations during […]
The Tema Collection of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, led by the Sector Commander, Aweya Julius Kantum has joined the rest of the Port Community to take jabs of the coronavirus vaccine. About 500 customs officers were expected to get vaccinated as well as some clearing agents who frequent their offices. The […]
An Assistant Commissioner of Customs in charge of the Accra Sector Command and Chairman of the Implementation Team of ICUMS, Emmanuel Ohene, has revealed that the second phase of the implementation of the Integrated Customs Management system will not only plug in some of the few gaps identified but will also introduce significant innovations for the […]
The Chairman of the Implementation Team of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), Emmanuel Ohene has disclosed that government exceeded its revenue target in August and November, 2020 from Ghana’s ports. This, he attributed to the introduction of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) at the ports. “Tema collection in this month of November has exceeded […]
National Lottery Authority(NLA) and Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA), the two strategic Revenue Mobilization Institutions for Government would officially launch VAT Raffle very soon. The two institutions have collaborated closely since last year to roll out the VAT Raffle. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the National Lottery Authority and in the possession of […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has announced that it will offer tax reliefs to companies that have donated to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund. This was disclosed by the Chairperson of the COVID-19 Trust Fund, Madam Sophia Akuffo. Speaking at an event at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, 26th May, 2020, Sophia Akuffo said the […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has commenced use of the new Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) at the Tema Port. ICUMS is a new port clearing system that processes documents and payments through one window, a departure from the previous system where valuation and classification, risk management and payment were done by different entities. In […]
