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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is the Ghana administration charged with the task of assessing, collecting and accounting for tax revenue in Ghana. [1] [2]As part of efforts to improve compliance, the Authority is required to assist taxpayers to understand and meet their tax obligations by providing robust and comprehensive advice.
The Internal Revenue Service of Ghana is the Government of Ghana agency responsible for the mobilization of tax for the government. [ 1 ] It was merged to the Ghana Revenue Authority as a result of the Ghana Revenue Authority Act of 2009.
The service was established in 1839 and was under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Department of Ghana. In 1986, the Flight Lieutenant Rawlings government made the service autonomous backed by the PNDC Law 144. The law was replaced in 1993 by the PNDC Law 330. [1]
The first Ghanaian to head this ministry is Komla Agbeli Gbedemah who assumed this position in 1954 when the Britain allowed Kwame Nkrumah to form a government prior to gaining full independence in 1957. The Ministry has at various times been designated as Ministry of Finance or as it is currently, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Ammishaddai started his career in 1990 as an Assistant Statistian at the Ghana Statistical Service. In June 2019 he joined the Ghana Revenue Authority as a Commissioner, Domestic Tax Revenue and later rose to become the Commissioner-General. [4] [5] [6]
Ghana was still a colony of the British Empire when the department was created. In 1961, it became a department of the Ministry of Justice in 1961. In 1961, it became a department of the Ministry of Justice in 1961.
The Value Added Tax Service of Ghana is the Government of Ghana agency responsible for the mobilization of tax for the government. [1] The service was formed after the promulgation of the Revenue Agencies (Governing) Board Act in 1998.
In September 2009 members of the Executive Council of the CITG called on recently elected President John Atta Mills, who is himself an expert on taxation.Mills talked of the need for local tax experts to be motivated, and said "We would rely and utilize the store of knowledge that you have so that together we can build a better Ghana.