CJ will set up a tax court

The judiciary has announced that it will set up a tax court in the system to review and hear cases related to taxation in the country.

A copy of a letter dated April 16, 2021 from the Office of the Chief Justice to the National President of the Ghana Bar Association and seen by Kasapafmonline.com, said the court would specifically deal with prosecutions in tax cases.

The court will be located at the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, in the Supreme Court buildings in the capital – Accra.

The effective date for the start of the hearings, according to Chief Justice Anin Yeboah, will be communicated to the public and to members of the bar in due course.

Meanwhile, the government will appoint by June to the Independent Tax Appeals Commission (ITAB), the new statutory body set up to resolve disputes between taxpayers and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

The council was created through the Revenue Administration (Amendment) Act 2020, which came into effect in October last year.

One of its objectives is to limit the recourse of taxpayers to the courts to settle their tax disputes, since the council will be the first instance to hear appeals against contested decisions of the Commissioner General of the GRA.

— kasapafm