Petroleum and LPG Marketers Appeal to Ghana Tax Authorities

News from Saturday, January 19th, 2019

Source: Michael Creg Afful

2019-01-19

The Association of Petroleum Marketing Companies (AOMC) organized a stakeholder meeting with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), under the theme "Achieving the Revenue Objective of the GRA through effective collaboration and compliance with the rules of the GMC and the CPGLP.

The purpose of this commitment was to create a platform for the petroleum and LPG marketing companies (OMC / LPGMC) to engage with GRA and to find solutions to the many problems they face in their day-to-day business with the company. 'Authority.

In his speech, Mr. Seth Dwira, Deputy Commissioner Operations, GRA, represented Mr. Isaac Crentsil, Commissioner of the Customs Division, sensitive to the challenges of OMC / LPGMC encountered in the collection of taxes and funds for the the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), including the unduly long credit period; sometimes more than 30 days, offered to their customers; while they have a moratorium of 21 plus 4 days to report to the customs. "

He called on all WTO / LPGMC to work in collaboration with the Authority to achieve its revenue collection target.

It is therefore committed to ensuring more effective collaboration in the exercise of their statutory functions in order to achieve the ambitious goals of income.

GRA also commended the AOMC Board of Governors for organizing and overseeing a fruitful discussion, and suggested encouraging its regular meetings to constantly remind all relevant stakeholders of the need to be responsible citizens in the area of ​​climate change. collection and accounting. for this national badet wisely.