The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has charged the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to take steps to recover all outstanding tax liabilities and tax debts owed government by businesses and taxpayers before close of the year. A statement issued by the Office of the Commissioner General of GRA charged the GRA Board to take […]
Board Members of the Ghana Revenue will henceforth join officials of the Authority during visitations to various businesses to recover outstanding taxes that have not been paid. The move comes on the heels of a directive by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta to the Board to take steps to directly partner the management […]
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 […]
Businessman and politician, Kennedy Ohene Agypong has berated the government for plans to tax goods at duty free shops in the country, saying ‘’you are killing us. We are fed up with your taxes. The Ghana Revenue Authority has served notice that from the 1st of December 2018, goods bought from the duty free shops […]
A high profile delegation consisting economic operators from Niger have made a historic visit to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. They were welcomed by the Director General of GPHA and major stakeholders in the port and transport logistics industry including, the Commissioner of Customs, Isaac Crentsil, CEO of the Ghana Shippers Authority, Benonita Bismarck, […]
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 […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority has held a forum with tax payers to educate them on the new developments in tax administration. Tax payers who constitute the Greater Accra Region are divided in 4 zones. In this forum, held in Sakumono, GRA sensitized constituents of the Zone 4 catchment area (i.e. the stretch from Accra Mall, […]
A deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Oboasi, Kwaku Kwarteng has bemoaned the poor rate of revenue collection on the part of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority which has led to a continues decline of revenue target for the past three years. Speaking at a day’s Seminar organized by the Maritime […]
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, has contributed to boosting the initiative of the government to provide free, quality education at the secondary school level in Ghana by donating 10,000 copies of Maths textbooks to the Ministry of Education. Other public and private sector organizations such as the Ghana Revenue Authority, the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, […]
Officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) were yesterday prevented by security guards at Kasapreko Company Limited from entering the company’s premises to check and ensure that all the products from the company were affixed with the newly introduced tax stamp. The GRA officials were on a mission to check various companies and ensure that […]
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 […]
As a way of registering their frustration against the free fall of the local currency, the cedi, some traders have vowed to hit the streets on Friday in a demonstration against government. The traders argue that the fall of the cedi is negatively impacting their businesses and they risk collapse if the situation is not […]
