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The Ghana Tax and Tax Control Unit (GRA) on Wednesday seized drink cartons from Kempinski and Movenpick hotels in Accra for failing to comply with the tax stamp policy.
The team also realized that a majority of products at the bar and in the hotel stock did not have a tax stamp.
The latest initiative follows an earlier seizure of tax-free beverages at wholesale stores in Accra.
Kwabena Apau Anto, GRA Revenue Manager and Working Group Leader, said: "… we visited shops, wholesalers, manufacturers and importers. We also know that restaurants and hotels are key players in this sector as they sell many of these products.
So we are focusing today on restaurants and hotels. That's why we went to Kempinski this morning and now to Movenpick to ensure that all products without tax stamps are retained. "
According to the GRA, the exercise will continue until the excise tax stamp policy is fully implemented.
The 2013 Excise Tax Stamp Act (ACT 873) was pbaded by Parliament in December 2013 with the aim of badisting the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in enforcing the tax. The posting of the excise tax stamp on certain excise goods before their ex-works delivery, cleared of any port or presented for sale at any commercial level in Ghana.
ACT then received presidential approval in January 2014.
The Excise Tax Stamp Act is certainly not the introduction of a new tax. Rather, it requires excise tax stamps with traceable and secure functions on certain excise goods to serve as preliminary evidence of payment of required duties and taxes and provide an audit trail to track importers and manufacturers of counterfeit goods.
The excise goods that should be affixed to stamps include cigarettes and other tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages, bottled water, textiles and other products designated by the Minister of Finance .
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