VAT reduction puts GH¢6.5 billion back into consumers’ pockets — GRA
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stated that the recent reduction in Value Added Tax (VAT) has returned an estimated ...
Tag: Value Added Tax
2026: VAT cut from 21 to 20%, flat rate hiked from 4 to 20%
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a major overhaul of the country’s Value Added Tax (VAT) regime, beginning with ...
MTN announces a planned system update on January 2
MTN Ghana has announced a temporary blackout of airtime and data sales scheduled for Friday, January 2, 2026, as the ...
VAT on insurance products slows uptake, hits brokers – IBAG
The introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) on insurance products has emerged as a major setback for Ghana’s insurance broking ...
AI holds key to Ghana’s informal sector tax gap
Ghana possesses a rare convergence of digital infrastructure, institutional positioning, and international support to transform its tax administration through artificial ...
VAT flat rate hike from 4-20% will collapse SMEs — GUTA
The Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) has raised serious concerns over the government’s proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) reforms, ...
COVID-19 levy abolished
The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy — commonly called the ...
Unpaid taxes ‘very frightening’ — Osei-Adjei
The Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben North Constituency, Nana Osei-Adjei, has expressed alarm over what he described as ...
COVID-19 levy, NHIS levy to be abolished in 2026 — Finance Minister
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced sweeping reforms to Ghana’s Value Added Tax (VAT) system as part of ...
Uncertainty greets multiple reformed taxes
A sweeping set of multiple reformed tax measures officially took effect in Ghana on Monday, July 1, 2025, with wide-ranging ...
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