Government to leverage on information technology to widen tax net – Isaac Crentsil

A Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, and a Former Commissioner of Customs, Isaac Crentsil, has indicated that the government of Ghana intends to widen the tax net by improving tax education, reviewing and implementing laws that tax the e-services sector as well as enforcing stiffer sanctions to non-compliant individuals or companies, and according […]

Importers whose duties were calculated before benchmark values reduction asked to come for revaluation

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority is offering an opportunity to importers whose import duties were determined just before the reduction in benchmark values to re-present their documents for revaluation. The measure means that people whose goods have not yet been cleared can enjoy lower duties. The Customs Classification and Valuation Report (CCVR) […]

Bawumia launches iTaPS: individuals to file annual tax returns via mobile phones or computers online

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia today launched the Integrated Tax Application Preparation System (iTaPS) at the 2019 Tax & Good Governance Week of the Ghana Revenue Authority. This comes exactly a year after he challenged the management of the GRA to come up with a simplified electronic filing system that will enable taxpayers to file […]

GRA commissioner-General, other commissioners still at post, ignore reports about their dismissal-GRA clarifies

The Ghana Revenue Authority has denied that its top Management, encapsulating the Commissioner-General and two other commissioners have been fired from office. Rumour was rife in media circles that Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti the Commissioner-General together with the Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority and the commissioner of the Domestic Tax […]

 7 busted for diverting 7 transit reefer containers loaded with fish at Tema port

Seven persons have been busted by the Tema Railways and Ports Division of the Ghana Police for having allegedly diverted seven refrigerated containers of frozen fish meant for Burkina Faso to cold stores in Tema for sale. The suspects were said to have allegedly diverted the 40-footer reefer containers fully loaded with fishes from the […]

Commissioner of customs optimistic of achieving Gh¢17billion target for 2019 as 300 NABCO interns pass out

The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Isaac Crentsil, has expressed optimism that the division will achieve its revenue target of 17 Billion Ghana cedis for the state in the year 2019. The Commissioner of Customs who was speaking during the Passing Out Ceremony of 300 NABCO interns attached to the […]

International Customs Day marked, Customs to ensure smart borders for seamless trade, travel and transport

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 […]

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 […]