The Chamber of Freight Forwarders, Ghana has described the UNIPASS single window project as a unique one that will help enhance and improve trade facilitation in the country. Speaking on ‘Point of View’ on Accra based Citi TV, and monitored by BestNewsGH.com, President of the Chamber, Dennis Amfo Sefa averred that just like they protested […]
Overstayed vehicles at the port of Tema have been auctioned to the general public by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority. The auction, BestNewsGH.com can report, was organised at the Safe Bond and Atlas terminals simultaneously. The move forms part of efforts to mop-up revenue in accordance with sections 93 (1) and 59 […]
The Acting Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu Amoah, has cautioned the general public that recalcitrant members of the public who fail to be tax complaint will be met with aggression this year emphasizing that more stringent measures would be applied to individuals especially agents and importers who declare falsely to […]
Confirmed information picked by BestNewsGH.com indicate a very sad situation for the country’s revenue collection agency, the Ghana Revenue Authority as its offices at the Obetsebi-Lamptey Circle has been ravaged by fire. The office, located along the Ring Road in Accra according BestNewsGH.com sources started at about 9am today, Sunday, December 1, 2019. The cause […]
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 Ghana Revenue Authority as at the end of September 2019, received an amount of GH¢ 32 billion less of its target for the year, Mr. Amishaddai Owusu Amoah, the Acting Commissioner General of the Authority said. Mr. Amoah was optimistic that the Authority would meet the target by the end of the year. In […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is set to miss out on its revenue target for 2019 as the decision by government to slash the import benchmark values by about 50 percent takes a toll, Commissioner of Customs, Colonel Kwadwo Damoah has said. The customs division boss explained that the reduction in the benchmark values has […]
Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng and Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, Deputy Trade and Industry, have been sacked from their position as board members of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) with immediate effect, DAYBREAK can authoritatively report. This was communicated to them by the new board chairman, Professor Stephen Adei. According to sources, […]
The Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Emmanuel Kofi Nti has served notice of his retirement effective October 1 2019. In his place, the Commissioner of Domestic Tax Revenue Division of the GRA, Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah will act as Commissioner General. Mr. Kofi Nti has officially given the retirement notice to the Minister for Finance, […]
Former Director General and Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei has been sworn in as the new Chair of the Board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Also sworn at a ceremony on Friday by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was Eugene Asante Ofosuhene as a Board Member. The Ministry has […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has cautioned importers to ensure that the right tax stamps are affixed to the right products. Besides cautioning, the GRA also took the opportunity to educate importers on the essence of its tax stamp authenticator mobile application (app) to help check the authenticity of imported products. The mobile app also […]
Stakeholders in the port and maritime industry have registered their displeasure towards some of the inefficiencies associated in the cumbersome clearance process at Ghana’s ports in a forum organized by the Ghana Integrity Initiative in Accra. An Assistant Commissioner, Paul Nkrumah-Ababio, lamenting revenue leakages created by diverted transit cargoes, stated that the tracking devices used […]
