Large volumes of documents have been evacuated from the Ghana Revenue Authority head office annex along the Ring Road Central in Accra, where fire fighters battling fire that engulfed the building Sunday morning. Raging fire swept through the top floor of the two-storey building destroying various items, mainly files and …
Read More »VIDEO: GRA building fire: Soldier, fire officer, injured
One Fire Officer and a soldier have been injured in the ongoing attempts to fight the fire that has ravaged a building belong to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in Accra. The duo was part of officers making frantic efforts to put out the early Sunday morning fire but as …
Read More »GRA shuts down Intelligent Metering and Energy Solutions for non-payment of taxes
The Ghana Revenue Authority has locked up the offices of Intelligent Metering and Energy Solutions for non-payment of taxes of about GH¢6 million. The private firm undertakes electrical and energy services, and work closely with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The GRA Taskforce during its routine checks as part …
Read More »Adei has unquestionable integrity, fit to be GRA board chair – Ofori-Atta
The newly-appointed board chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof Stephen Adei and also the newly-appointed board member of the GRA, Mr. Eugene Asante Ofosuhene, are both men of unquestioned integrity, hence fit for their new roles, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, has said. During their swearing-in ceremony …
Read More »New tax measures in supplementary budget to rake in GH¢513m
New tax measures outlined in the supplementary budget is expected to rake in a significant amount of revenue to the state. A breakdown of revised estimates as captured in the appendix shows that the state could rake in additional GH¢513 million in additional to what has already been projected in …
Read More »‘No illegal importation of sophisticated weapons into country’ – Customs
An examination carried out by various security operatives at the Tema Port yesterday, following social media circulation about sophisticated weapons imported into the country, turned out to be a wild goose chase. The examination, which started at about 9:50am and ended at about 1:20pm, indicated that the importer had all …
Read More »GRA tax filing system digitised with ITaps
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a digital tax filing platform that will now allow Ghanaians to file their tax returns online with the Authority’s new app, Integrated Tax Application Preparation System (iTaPS). Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen programme, Wednesday, the Principal Revenue Officer at GRA, Mr Alex Oppong-Poku explained that the …
Read More »Be wary of ‘abnormal’ interest rates – GRA boss
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged the public to be wary of investment plans, which promise more than three per cent monthly returns because they are abnormal. Emmanuel Kofi Nti said as a former Bank Examiner and with his background in the financial sector, there was …
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