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By
Comfort Sena Fetrie, GNA,
Tamale, April 9, GNA –
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has developed an electronic payment platform
for the informal sector to pay their quarterly taxes with mobile money in
collaboration with banks.
The new system that
would start this year is part of the digitization process of GRA to leverage
technology to improve the tax administration.
Mr. Paul Kwesi
Ahiakpor, Deputy Commissioner of the GRA in the Customs Division
This Monday was revealed at the launch of Tax and Good by the Northern Region
Week of governance in Tamale.
The organized program
by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance
is to draw the public's attention to the importance of paying the tax.
The theme of the week
The celebration was "Produce your tax returns, pay your taxes, move Ghana beyond help".
Mr. Ahiakpor gave
the badurance that the staff and management of the GRA would work very hard
to achieve the goal of turnover for 2019.
According to him, the
The government ordered the legal department to prosecute all persons
who earn income but refused to pay taxes.
He urged the public to
pay their taxes to give them the power to ask for the fair share of the national budget
cake.
Alhaji Alhbadan Isahaku,
regional director of the Northern Regional Cooperation Council who spoke on
On behalf of the Minister of the Northern Region, he asked the public to pay his
annual fee allowing the government to improve the development of the country.
He called the public
to file their tax returns for 2018 before the end of April 2019
avoid paying interest and penalties.
Dr. Richard Opoku, a
A doctor at the God Cares Community Hospital advised the GRA management to put in place
a system indicating the payment made by the taxpayer throughout the country to improve
confidence in the tax payment system.
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