The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will enrol 600 additional businesses onto the electronic Value Added Tax (VAT) invoicing system, popularly known as the "e-VAT", by the end of next year.
The new arrangement will extend the electronic i…
Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Reverend Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, says the common platform for the collection of property tax rates in the country will be fully operational by March ending.
The common platform wo…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has denied allegations that its officials have been harassing businesses belonging to Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central.
The GRA claims that allegations of an unjustified au…
Non-Compliance to tax obligations can adversely hamper the development of any nation and Ghana is not an exception. The illegal practices reduce government revenue while perpetrators, in some instances, usually get away with such offences…
The collaboration between the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and a revenue and assurance audit firm, Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), has helped the country to rake in an extra GH¢3 billion in three year…
The Upper East Regional Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) exceeded its revenue target for 2022 by 20.24 percent despite infrastructure and logistical challenges
The Bolgatanga collection mobilised more than GH?27.6 m…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development and the Lands Commission, has collected data required to bill all properties in the country.
The list and …
Efforts by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to increase revenue mobilisation are yielding the desire results, as data from the authority show that it collected more revenue in 2022 than it was tasked to do.
The data showed that GRA bea…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has assured to reimburse mobile money customers who are wrongfully overcharged following the implementation of the 1 percent levy on electronic transfers.
The reduction of the Electronic Transfer Levy (…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a complete reversal of the discount on import values of general goods and Home Delivery Value (HDV) of vehicles effective January 1, 2023.
A statement issued in Accra by the Commissioner-G…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has expressed confidence in the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) as a tool to boost trade facilitation in Africa, following its implementation in Ghana.
The single window electronic customs…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has appealed to large taxpayers in the Greater Accra Region to support efforts towards the implementation of the electronic invoicing of Value Added Tax (VAT) and the generation of electronic tax clearance…
Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Reverend Ammisshaddai-Owusu has heaped praises on the newly introduced E-auction module of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS).
According to the Commissioner-Genera…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has sent a word of caution to the general public to be wary of an online site – www.locanto.com.gh purporting to carry out the auction of vehicles for and on behalf of the Customs Division of GRA.
GRA i…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), is piloting its e-auction programme for uncleared cargoes at the Tema Port through the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS).
Mr Eric Afari, the Principal Revenue Officer…
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has congratulated Petrosol Ghana Ltd, a privately-owned indigenous oil marketing company (OMC), for its tax compliance efforts.
A letter by Rev. Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, t…
The Ghana Revenue Authority Enforcement Manager in Accra Central, Joseph Annan, says locked-up businesses will be reopened once they connect to the authority’s E-VAT Invoicing system.
“All we need is to get their s…
The Labone, Spintex, Atomic roundabout and Weija branches of Palace Mall have been shutdown by the Ghana Revenue Authority for non-compliance with the authority’s E-VAT Invoicing system.
According to GRA, a number of se…
Operators of eight cold stores at the Takyi Yard Cold Stores Enclave in Tema on Friday closed their stores and absconded before officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), undertaking a Value Added Tax (VAT) inspection exercise, arrive…
About 48 businesses are currently undergoing prosecution for evading taxes and failing to issue Value Added Tax (VAT) invoices on purchase of goods and services.
According to the Commissioner-General of GRA, Rev. AmishaddaiOwusu-Amoah, …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says its meeting with officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was fruitful.
Officials of the International Monetary Fund have wrapped up the second visit to Ghana following…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has deployed an electronic (e) invoicing system for businesses to use in issuing value-added tax (VAT) invoices to the public.
Known as the e-VAT invoicing system, it took off last Saturday after Sectio…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Co-operative Credit Union Limited total income improved by 33.8 per cent from more than GH¢4 million in 2020 to GH¢ 6.04 million as of the financial year ending June 2021.
The improvement was as a resu…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will from October this year issue Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) electronically to tax payers, Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced.
A Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) is document…
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Reverend Dr Ammisshadai Owusu-Amoah, has urged the public and the business community to make tax payment a religious obligation.
He said it was important to honour their tax…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it will not hesitate to deal with any of its staff found culpable in allegations of impropriety.
This comes on the heels of a report of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on…
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Reverend Dr Ammisshadai Owusu-Amoah, has urged individuals and businesses to make tax payment a religious obligation.
He said all must play their part by honouring their tax…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday donated GHS50,000 to the Appiatse Support Fund to help in the reconstruction of the community.
Mr Dominic D.Naab, Assistant Commissioner and Technical Aide to Reverend Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah,…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has denied reports on various social media platforms indicating that the authority will from today, Friday, July 1, 2022, begin charging the 1.5 percent Electronic Transfer Levy (E- Levy) o…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is in line to save GH¢4 million in annual rent for head office staff if the new head office project is completed.
The project, which was estimated to cost GH¢491 million was due for completion within …
After years of renting office space for some of its headquarters staff, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has commenced the construction of an ultramodern and spacious office complex at Kanda in Accra to accommodate all headquarters staff …
Beginning next year, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will replace Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) with the Ghana Card numbers.
This will enable the authority to access information from other government agencies, including the Social…
After the initial challenges that disrupted the first few days of the implementation of the electronic transfer levy, over 120,000 customers have so far been reimbursed for wrongful deductions.
Head of Project Management…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged the public not to shun the use of mobile money and electronic transaction platforms in a bid to avoid the payment of the Electronic Transfer Levy, popularly known as E-Levy.
Rather, the Author…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has prevailed on religious bodies in the Ashanti Region to help in the smooth implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy.
The Authority believes religious leaders can positively influence their…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has assured that it has put in place enough systems to track and keep all records of deductions done as part of the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy).
This follows an order from th…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has indicated that the implementation of the 1.5% Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) will be done in phases.
It indicated that the decision to phase the implementation is due to its asse…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been providing explanations on how it intends to handle the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022 (Act 1075).
The GRA has been handling stakeholder engagements.
At a similar en…
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority ( GRA), Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, has underscored the need for law students to venture into the practice of taxation law for an effective tax administration.
He said out of the…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stated categorically that the planned taxing of online services consumed in the country was neither a new tax nor another version of the controversial electronic transactions levy (E-Levy).
The auth…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has partnered with two major regulators in the country (the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the National Communications Authority (NCA) to help it monitor the amount spent on online services.
The authority has …
The Ghana Real Estate Professionals Association called on the Ghana Revenue Authority to provide a two-day education to their members on taxes related to the real estate industry. The series of training which began Friday 4th of March 2022…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Tema Oil Refinery Collection, has exceeded its 2021 revenue collection target of GH¢5.4 billion.
The Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Geoffrey Oduro Kwaasi, said the division coll…
To achieve government’s revenue target for 2022, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has outlined eight major tax strategies which include the taxing of e-commerce, gaming and betting industries in a move to increase domestic revenue collect…
The Upper East Regional Commander of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Chief Revenue Officer, Mr Samuel Owusu, has observed that payment of taxes was a sacred national duty for all Ghanaians to honour.
Mr Owusu,…
The High Court in Accra has dismissed an appeal by mining firm, Perseus Ghana Limited, against a $10.2 million tax liability that it is said to owe to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The GRA discovered the tax arrears during a tax as…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has disclosed plans to roll out the second phase of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) at the ports by the end of the first quarter of this year to rake in more revenue for the country.
Th…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Upper East Region collected an amount of GH?17. 3 million, representing 90 per cent of its target in 2021 and the highest in the region since its inception.
Chief Revenue Office…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has assured that it is on course to automate its systems to block all leakages in the collection of revenue in the country.
This follows the failure of the Authority to account for the auctioning of 1,7…
The Auditor-General (A-G) has cited the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for failing to account for 97 vehicles the authority seized between January 2015 and October 2017.
The A-G blamed the authority for falling short of ensuring reliable…
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