Efforts to increase revenue mobilisation are yielding the needed results, with data showing that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) beat its target for last year by GH¢265.39 million.
The authority collected GH¢57.32 billion in revenue i…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stepped up efforts to ensure that all tax defaulting companies honour their obligations to the state in order for the authority to meet its revenue target for the year.
Consequently, the authority h…
The Minister for National Security, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah has urged staff and management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to address revenue leakages, particularly at key revenue generating points in the country to help safeguard Ghana’…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reminded the public that using uncustomed vehicles was illegal and called for due diligence before purchasing such vehicles.
An uncustomed vehicle is one that has not gone…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to streamline and improve its online filing system to enable taxpayers to file their taxes with ease across multiple devices.
The Reverend Ammishaddai Owusu Amoah, Commissioner-General of the GRA, an…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has officially commenced work on its ultra-modern two-story building Information Technology Training Centre at Tema being financed by KFW German Bank for Development.
The construction which had already…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has alerted the public to what it says is the circulation of fake recruitment advertisements purporting to be from the Authority.
In an advertiser's announcement published in Monday's (September 27, 202…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to 160 selected schools to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
The items are 640 handwashing units, 480 gallons of liquid soap, and 320 packs of …
A 2020 report of the Auditor-General has revealed that 28 Oil Marketing Companies in the country owe the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority an amount of GH¢ 226.9 million.
According to the audit report, the 28 OMCs from Jul…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gaming Commission to improve revenue collection.
Reverend Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, the Commissioner General, GRA signed for the Authority while Mr Peter…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has collected GH¢25.89 billion in tax revenue as against GH¢26.1 billion targeted for the period, resulting in a GH¢212 million shortfall.
The GRA said it collected GH¢18.45 billion in domestic tax reve…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has identified over 14 million people, who are qualified to pay tax after the successful integration of the Ghana Card and Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN).
The GRA and the Registrar-General's Depa…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) since the beginning of this month has begun the implementation of cashless policy geared towards the promotion of government's effort to operate a cashless economy.
"As a result neither cash nor chequ…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is in the process of developing mechanisms and modalities to tax e-commerce businesses by the end of the year.
The move, which formed part of measures to widen and increase the tax net, had become neces…
The Head Office Annex of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, Accra, which was destroyed by fire will be opened for business in July this year.
The office has remained closed since December 2019 followi…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Taskforce has locked up the offices of Grid Petroleum Ghana Limited and Sonnidom Petroleum Limited for defaulting in petroleum taxes and levies.
Grid Petroleum Ghana Limited owed the GRA to the tune of …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has embarked on a special exercise to recover unpaid taxes from oil marketing companies across the country.
As part of the exercise, the yesterday locked up two oil marketing companies, Grid Petroleum G…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has rolled out a tax incentive scheme for taxpayers to help cushion businesses and people against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The scheme involves waiving the penalty and the accrued inter…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it does not expect Ghanaians to feel the impact of the new COVID-19 levy which was rolled out with four other new taxes and levies on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
The government in its 2021 budget and fi…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has planned to establish a tax court to deal with tax evasion prosecution cases as part of its intensive debt collection drive and prosecution of defaulters.
Rev Ammishadai Owusu-Amoah, Commissioner-Gen…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has projected to take-in a gross total non-oil tax revenue of GH¢ 57.055 billion for the year ending 31st December 2021.
This is as against the 2020 provisional outturn (actual lodgment) of GH¢45.154 b…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced measures to enhance revenue generation in 2021. These measures are to widen and increase the tax net to cover the informal sector, increase the domestic and external VAT yield, and develop me…
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority on Thursday said Cargo Containers cannot be stolen from the country's sea ports
The division said "It is virtually impossible for containers to be stolen at the Port under any circumst…
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has set a target of GHS 60 billion as its revenue target for 2021.
This comes despite the ravaging impact of COVID-19 on the economy.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra, Commissioner-General of th…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said that it exceeded its revised revenue target of GH¢42,769.50 million for last year by mobilising GH¢45,338.69 million.
Following the achievement, the authority has set for itself a target of GH¢…
Government has designated the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) as the Competent Authority for the issuance of Rules of Origin Certificate under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Rules of origin are a…
Data from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) show the total revenues generated by the Integrated Customs Management System ICUMS for the GRA has reached a record high of some GHc10.5 billion as at December 12, 2020.
This consist of some …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) has significantly transformed the country's trade facilitation landscape and revenue mobilisation.
It said the system had succeded in eliminating…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun a nationwide sensitisation of stakeholders on its simplified tax laws aimed to enhance compliance.
The GRA abridged the tax laws with the support of the German Development Agency (GIZ) to make…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), in collaboration with the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), is to carry out sustained nationwide tax education programmes to ensure voluntary compliance.
Mr Edward Gyambrah, Acting Commissione…
Public sector workers have been advised to file for tax reliefs and enjoy the benefits, which will mitigate their tax burden.
Mr Victor Yao Akogo, the Head of Compliance and Debt Management, Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Ghana Reve…
The Ho Sector Command of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division has achieved about 72 per cent of its target of GHC 26.
2 million for the first nine months of the year.
The Sector, however, mobilised GHC 18.8 million for …
Ghana Link Network Services Ltd and the Ghana Revenue Authority Customs–Division of have begun refresher training for users of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS).
The training, which is currently ongoing in the Northern pa…
The new trade facilitation platform, the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), has significantly impacted government revenue mobilisation, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commissioner of the Customs Division of the …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has been urged to adopt innovative strategies to help increase revenue mobilization in the covid-19 era.
The Authority should also set up effective models that would enhance the intensification of tax …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has refuted assertions that the Tema collection of the Customs Division had failed to meet its revenue target by 45 per cent due to the deployment of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS).
Th…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has charged Everyday Tissue Manufacturing Ghana, producers of toilet rolls, for evading tax and failure to issue the GRA's Value Added Tax Invoice.
The company, located at Kwame Wetei at Awutu Breku, wa…
Hundreds of people, mainly traders yesterday thronged to the Large Tax Office (LTO) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in Takoradi to register for a Tax Identification Number (TIN) to enable them secure the Government’s stimulus package …
The Management of Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) says it has handed over all data from year 2002 to May 31, 2020 to the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the requisite format.
The management said…
Two Government Revenue Mobilization Institutions, the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) are set to launch the Value Added Tax (VAT) Raffle.
The two institutions constituted a joint working committee …
Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) has registered 1,452 transactions at the land frontiers since it was deployed.
Out of this, 408 were direct imports into home use, 900 Temporary Vehicle Imports, 34 Warehouse, 20 Transit, an…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on June 1, 2020 shut down the Ghana Community Network (GCNet) clearing system as the new Integrated Custom Management System (ICUM) popularly known as Unipass, took over.
This came after piloting the sy…
The Volta Regional Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) was on Tuesday overwhelmed by operators of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the Region seeking to register for Tax Identification Numbers (TIN).
The rush f…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has supported the New Horizon Foundation of the Blind (NHFB) in Ho with a water storage facility.
The 6,000 litre water tank estimated at GHC2,800.00 is to enable children with visual impairment at the …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says no changes have been made to the Benchmark Value Policy (discount policy) and that it continues to be implemented as originally announced by the Vice President, Dr Bawumia.
In a statement the…
The Ghana Revenue Authority says there are no plans to introduce new taxes to be levied on power consumption, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said the supply of electri…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stated that effective June 1, 2020, all transactions related to the import and export of goods at the various ports in the country shall be processed through the Integrated Customs Management Systems (…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has produced local handsanitizers for its staff to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) at their various offices.
The product, manufactured at the GRA's laboratory is made up of ingredients suc…
Colonel Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd), Commissioner of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), on Tuesday called on their Officers to re-dedicate their efforts for increased revenue mobilisation and collection.
He said 'commitment …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) with support from German Development Cooperation (GIZ) has opened a two-day tax education workshop for the informal sector.
The workshop will e…
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