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Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti (box) addressing the participants
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta urged staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), individually and collectively, to commit to plugging all revenue leaks to ensure the generation of sufficient funds to support the government's development agenda.
"I charge you to act as true income professionals whose loyalty is to your employer only.
In the last three years, GRA has not achieved the set revenue targets, resulting in a cumulative deficit of 4.9 million GH, "he said.
Mr. Ofori-Atta made the appeal in a speech read on his behalf by Mr. Daniel Nuer, Head of the Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance, at the opening of the second GRA National Congress of Delegates & # 39 Union (GRAWU) in Winneba. in the central region.
The three-day event has the theme: "Broaden the tax net to allow Ghana to go beyond aid – the role of labor".
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pursuit
Mr. Ofori-Atta said that the shortfall "was a source of serious concern, especially since we had to resort to borrowing and, in some cases, a reduction in expenses to compensate for it. shortfall".
He reiterated the government's determination to pbad administrative sanctions to prosecute tax evaders.
He said that crimes such as undervaluation of import duties, store storage of imports without payment of required customs duties, non-issuance of VAT revenue and the misappropriation of goods in transit would be prosecuted.
"These negative acts only develop when the GRA staff collaborates with taxpayers and connects them, or turns a blind eye to blindness or neglects your duty. The government will not spare the GRA staff and convicted taxpayers, "he said.
He added that this year, the GRA was tasked with bringing the contribution of tax revenues to the national economy from 13.1% in 2018 to 15%.
strategies
The minister said the government had indicated in the 2019 budget that revenue-raising strategies would focus on reforming tax institutions, stepping up compliance measures and maintaining the broadening of the tax net. .
He therefore urged GRAWU members to use the congress to come up with innovative ideas to achieve the ratio of 15% of GDP per year by 2019.
Sensitization
The Commissioner General of the GRA, Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti, said that the authority would continue to "name and shame" the unpaid and continue them also.
"Beyond the help, Ghana is achievable if we put all the shoulder to the wheel, pledge the taxpayers with integrity and decide not to compete with our employer for resources that rightly belong to the state, "he said.
The head of the traditional Efutu Zone, Neenyi Ghartey VII, who presided over the event, said he hoped that GRA's workers and management would improve their performance and engage more in their work. income mobilization efforts.
Members attending the second GRAWU National Delegate Congress take stock of the accomplishments and failures of the workforce and establish strategies for the years to come.
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