Taxation

Business

Anxious Developers Await Scrapping of VAT On Real Estate

Real estate developers say they are eagerly awaiting the scrapping of the five per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) that was...

International

Foreign Banks In Britain Pay Fraction of Tax Rate

Some of the biggest foreign investment and commercial banks operating in Britain paid an average tax rate of just 6...

Top Stories

6 Taxes Likely To Be Scraped In 2017

Businesses are likely to experience some tax cuts and in some cases total scrap in 2017 following the coming on board...

Business

Abolish 5% VAT On Real Estate Charges – GREDA To Nana Addo

Real Estate Developers are admonishing the President elect, Nana Akufo Addo to “Walk the Talk” when he is sworn in...

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Abolish 5% VAT On Real Estate Charges- GREDA To Nana Addo

Real Estate Developers are admonishing the President elect, Nana Akufo Addo to “Walk the Talk” when he is sworn in...

Business

Traders Want 3% Flat VAT Rate, CET, Others Scrapped By Incoming Govt

Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has underscored the need for the new government to quickly move to tackle the...

Business

GUTA Wants NPP Gov’t To Scrap 3% Flat Vat Rate, CET and Others

Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has underscored the need for the new government to quickly move to tackle the...

Business

Cedi Slide Amidst Polls Uncertainty

The local currency has come under intense pressure in the run-up to the elections, recording about 0.13 percent fall...

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An Assessment of NPP’s Manifesto Promises

The paper estimates the Total Cost of major NPP Promises in their manifesto and assesses the Party’s proposed tax...

Business

Gov’t Owes Mining Firms GHC280m

Government owes mining companies over 280 million Ghana cedis in Value Added Tax as at the end of last year, a report...

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Tax Tussle Starts Between Collectors and Payers

In a quest to widen the tax bracket as a way of raking in more revenues for infrastructure development, several...

Business

Tax Evaders To Be Denied Access To Passports, Visas

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced it will begin rolling out a new policy which will see Ghanaian tax...

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Tax Evaders To Be Denied Access To Passports & Visas

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced it will begin rolling out a new policy which will see Ghanaian tax...

Business

Ghana Will Lose GHS1bn If We Scrap New Taxes

Finance Minister Seth Terkper has revealed that government will lose about GHS1billion if some new taxes introduced are...

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NPP 2016 Manifesto Is Phenomenal – IMANI

Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana has praised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the contents of its 2016 manifesto...

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IMANI Tackles NPP Over Campaign Promises

Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana has praised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the contents of its 2016 manifesto...

Opinion

The Use Of Private Tax Collection Agencies In USA A Call For Ghana

Little did we know that the President and Congress will cause the rebirth of private tax collection agencies (PCAs) to...

Business

GRA Cautions Rural Banks Over Non-Payment of VAT

Mr Roger Kumah, the Head of Medium Taxpayers Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), in Ho, has cautioned rural...

International

Apple Ruling Puts Other Firms’ Low Taxes In Spotlight

It turns out some wealthy companies are just like some wealthy hedge fund managers: They're taxed at far lower rates...