Government urged to promote manufacturing sector

January 17, 2020 The President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr Yaw Adu Gyamfi, has observed that the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda can be fully attained if the government focuses on the promotion...

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IMF pushes for increment of taxes …Re-introduce 17.5% VAT on financial services; Increase CST to 12% and move income tax to 35%

January 14, 2020 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has strongly advised government to consider increasing some existing taxes and re-introduce others government branded as ‘nuisance’ and scrapped in...

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GRA loses millions in revenue; as its lacks data to tax online companies

November 7, 2019 The country is losing millions in uncollected revenue from profitable online-based businesses, due to the lack of specific tax laws and the absence of a proper database of all online...

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GRA to clamp down on tax defaulters

September 20, 2019 The Ghana Revenue Authority will from Monday, September 23 embark on a tax compliance exercise to clamp down on corporate institutions and individuals that reneged on their tax obligations....

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Parliament gives tax exemption to 1D1F investors

June 28, 2019 Parliament has given the Ministry of Finance the green light to grant “considerable” tax exemptions to private businesses that have been enrolled onto the government’s flagship...

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Adjustment in tax exemptions shouldn’t discourage FDIs—World Bank Africa Vice-President

April 1, 2019 The World Bank’s Vice-President for Africa, Dr. Hafez Ghanem, has advised government to be balanced in its intention to adjust tax exemptions granted foreign companies in order not to...

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Government targets 15% tax to GDP growth, as it echoes tough stance on tax compliance

February 12, 2019 The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been tasked to grow the contribution of tax revenue to the national economy from the 13.1 percent that was realised in 2018 to 15 percent this year....

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GH¢45.4bn tax revenue target to be revised upward

February 4, 2019 There is an ongoing discussion to revise upward the GH¢45.4billion tax revenue target for the 2019 fiscal year, Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Emmanuel Kofi...

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KPMG TAX UPDATE – AUGUST 2018

August 16, 2018 KPMG-Tax Updates – August 2018...

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