Ghana Revenue Authority

[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.

[3][5] The establishment of the GRA is part of the reforms in revenue administration of tax collection in Ghana which began in the mid-eighties when CEPS and IRS were taken out of the Civil Service and made semi-autonomous and self-accounting public sector institutions with separate boards.

[8] A nine-member governing board of directors, consisting of both public and private sector experts, makes policy decisions to be implemented by GRA Management.

The chairman of the Board as well as the chief executive officer of the Authority called the Commissioner-General are appointed by the President of the Republic of Ghana https://gra.gov.gh/customs/.

[12] In December 2022, Through the effective implementation of its Informant Reward Scheme (IRS), the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) managed to recover more than $93 million from multinational and local companies operating within the country.

This collaboration which is complemented by tapping the expertise of stakeholders drawn across several economic and social sectors is geared toward the formulation of effective and sustainable policies designed to enhance tax revenue collection by the Authority.

[24] The Ghana Revenue Authority has announced the implementation of amendments to several tax laws, notifying the general public that these changes are now in effect.

[25][26][27] The GRA has acknowledged that businesses have been given ample time to make necessary system adjustments ahead of tax implementation since the law was enacted.

Aside conducting training for the various assembly staff across the country,[32] a total of 5000 Technical Support Officers (TSOs) and Client Support Officers (CSOs) were deployed in the late first quarter of the year 2023 by the GRA to assist property rate payers in the various MMDAs across the country to register and pay their property rates.