Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)

09 Feb

Property Rate: Failure To Make Payment Digitally Will Lead To Enforcement Action- Victor Akogo To Property Owners

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Chief Revenue Officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Victor Akogo, has cautioned property owners in Ghana on sanctions ready to be implemented as a result of failure to pay property rate. Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Mr Akogo forewarned that there are penalties and sanctions to property owners who refuse to pay property rates while elaborating on property rates going digital. According to Mr Akogo, GRA officials who move around to collect property rates have been brought to a halt, hence property rates must be paid via the official…

03 Feb

Growing List Of Companies Ordered By GRA To Pay Back-Taxes

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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is asking some of the nation’s largest companies to pay millions of dollars in back taxes as the cash-strapped government scrambles to raise money and finalise a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Gold Fields Ltd. and Kosmos Energy Ltd. have been told they owe back taxes, as have Tullow Oil Plc and Africa’s largest wireless carrier MTN Group Ltd. All of the companies dispute the government’s claims. Government has been forced to allocate most of its revenue to service an estimated 576 billion cedis ($48 billion) of public debt. “Ghana is clearly facing fiscal and economic challenges at the…