The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has presented 100 mono desks to be distributed among four Senior High and Technical Schools in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region.
The schools are; the Peki Senior High, Peki Senior High Techni…
The informal sector constitutes 70 per cent of the business arena but just two per cent of them pay their taxes. Mr Richard Hakeem Quainoo, a Chief Revenue Officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority, who announced this on Wednesday, also state…
The Ghana Revenue Authority has organised an educational and sensitisation programme on Tax Identification Number (TIN) for traditional caterers and drinking bar operators in the Techiman Municipality.
Mr Joseph Asare, the Area Manager …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has disclosed a tax revenue target of GHC45,447.26 billion for 2019 in comparison with its target of GH39,802.27 billion in 2018 at a media soiree held at Swiss-Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra.
The event…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has observed this year's International Customs Day organised by the World Customs Organisation on the theme "Smart Borders For Seamless Trade, Travel And Transport" at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Acc…
The Board and Management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have teamed up, to from Thursday, December 13, embark on field exercises to retrieve outstanding tax liabilities and tax debts it is owed by businesses and tax payers, before…
Over two million people have already obtained their Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN), the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) announced on Monday.
The TIN is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers for official transactions, a…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Upper East Region has disposed off large quantities of assorted products for violation of import laws.
The items, confiscated from importers, were burnt at the Sherigu la…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has impounded four fuel tankers for allegedly diverting 2.2 million litres of transit diesel for sale in Ghana.
The consignment would have cost the country GH¢320,000 in taxes.
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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has mobilised about GH¢12 billion from import duties and is on target to achieve the GH¢13 billion set for the 2018 fiscal year, data from the GRA suggests.
When achieved, the target will represent ab…
As part of measures to clamp down on the abuse of transit and re-exportation regimes, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will from 1st December, 2018 require Duty Free Shops in the country to pay customs duties and taxes at the time of impo…
The Ghana Revenue Authority on Wednesday stopped the offloading of a big truck containing Rasta Malt for failing to put the excise stamp on the products.
The authority ordered the truck driver to park at the custom's warehouse in Takora…
Several months after the implementation of the Excise Tax Stamp Act 2013 (Act 873), many of the specified excisable products are still being sold on the market without the required stamps.
This came to light when members of the Ghana Re…
Accra Brewery Limited, producers of local alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages which includes Club beer, Club Shandy, Beta Malt and Castle Milk Stout have been found to be in default of Ghana Revenue Authority's directive not to transfer …
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been able to realise GH¢3.9 million from offenders of transit goods regulations.
The amount, which was collected between January and September this year, is an accumulation o…
Despite the fact that the informal sector makes up 70 percent of the national economy, only about two per cent are contributing to tax payments according to the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti.
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The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has encouraged traders and investors to explore the benefits of warehousing.
Mr Emmanuel Kenney, Chief Revenue Officer, Preventive of the Volta Regional Office, said a major bene…
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to serve notice that the implementation of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) policy begins in earnest on Monday, 15th October 2018.
The intervention is to provide greater scrutiny of our major imports for both valua…
The Ghana Revenue Authority has began a rigorous exercise to ensure compliance with the affixing of the Excise Tax Stamps by manufacturers. Beginning with manufacturers, the teams visited SBC Beverages Ghana Limited, manufacturers of Pepsi…
The Commissioner-General for the Ghana Revenue Authority, Mr Emmanuel Nti has said that the GRA will from 1st October, 2018, embark on the second phase of a nation wide full enforcement and compliance of the Excise Tax Stamp in accordance …
The Value Added Tax Ratio should be at about 22 percent penetration rather than the current 11 percent according to the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta. This statement was made at an industry forum organised by the Ghana Revenue Aut…
The Commissioner-General for the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti has disclosed that an international consultant,McKinsey Group has been invited to help the GRA reverse its missed target. The help will be in the areas of …
The Danish International Development Agency (Danida) has handed over 15 Pick-ups Vehicles to the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority to enhance preventive operations at some of the frontier stations for effective patrols.
It…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has presented four air-conditioners and a Cash safe to the Ministries Police District Office to enhance their work.
The items were procured for the District Office, following a request from the Ministri…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the weekend honoured taxpayers for their contribution towards national development at its 2017 edition of the Stakeholders Awards in Accra.
The awards night was also used to reward hardworking staff …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to collect a tax revenue of GH C39.8 billion for 2018, representing an anticipated increase of 23.26 per cent over the 2017 collection of GHC 32.3 billion.
Speaking at a media soiree on Friday, the C…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has held an awards ceremony for more than 138 workers, who retired from the Authority in 2017.
The workers had served the organisation in different capacities, for between 20 and 42 years.
They each …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has presented a Full Auto Biochemistry Analyser valued at GH¢75,000 and some provisions to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.
The Electronic Convulsive Therapy equipment was procured for the Accra Psychiat…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it would go all out to impound the many vehicles in the country for which the owners had failed to pay the appropriate import duties in violation of the law.
At a press conference in Accra on Thurs…
A cross section of tax payers at a tax education seminar organized by the Western Regional Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority have stressed the need for a template to enable them easily calculate their taxes for prompt payment.
The…
Telkom Orange defeated Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) 2-0 to win the women's Africa Cup of Club Championship hockey title on Sunday at the City Park Stadium, Nairobi.
GRA recorded their fifth straight loss against 19-time Kenyan women's …
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), as part of the Ghana National Single Window Project, has established electronic payment zones at some major ports in the country.
The e-zone facilities at Kotoka International Airport and the Tema Port is …
Mr Anthony Dekagbe, the Head Ho Small Tax Office (STO) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has said refusal by entities to honour their tax obligations is a threat to national security and must be considered a criminal act.
He said th…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Taskforce has impounded vehicles carrying goods along the Nsawam stretch without proper tax documents.
The road checks were to ensure that all goods were accompanied with proper tax documentation.
Th…
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