Kwabena Apau

In a related development, to bring about sanity and fairness in the local textile industry, an excise tax stamp on textiles has been introduced by the Ghana Revenue Authority. The Excise tax stamp, specially designed with digital and other security features, will be affixed on textile products to indicate taxes and duties have been paid or will pay. The textile tax stamp will control the importation and local manufacture of textiles for revenue purposes, and check tax evasion through smuggling as well as illicit trading and counterfeiting. According to the GRA, sanctions will be imposed on non-compliant traders. The Head of…