The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has banned the storage of some selected items imported and kept in Warehouses as it begins the implementation of a new warehousing regime. The items include canned tomatoes, alcohol, lead acid batteries, cooking oil, canned drinks, canned fish, cement, Lime, paints and chalk. This means that importers of the banned … Read more
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has banned the storage of some selected items imported and kept in Warehouses as it begins the implementation of a new warehousing regime. The items include canned tomatoes, alcohol, lead acid batteries, cooking oil, canned drinks, canned fish, cement, Lime, paints and chalk. This means that importers of the banned … Read more
At least one hundred staff of the Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port have been interdicted for their alleged involvement in revenue losses. Information available to Citi Business News indicates that the development has spanned between May and July 18, 2017. In addition, the customs division has also embarked on 70 … Read more
Malaysian customs officers have seized almost 300 kilograms of pangolin scales being smuggled through the main airport, officials said on Tuesday. The 288-kilogram (635 pound) haul was found at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Friday in 12 boxes labelled as oyster shells on the waybill. The scales worth around 3.69 million ringgit ($870,000) arrived from … Read more
The stakes are high to improve trade among countries across the world and governments encouraged by the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) initiatives have introduced reforms to eliminate bureaucratic procedures in the trade supply chain. Ghana, in its quest to become the preferred trade hub within the West African sub-region, is leaving no stone unturned to … Read more
Some 15 senior officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), who were recently arrested, are allegedly responsible for the loss of GH¢1.2 billion in revenue, according to a hint dropped by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, the revelation emanated from the efforts his government is making to block … Read more
A total of 35 principal and senior revenue officers of the Ghana Revenue Authority have been transferred from their various duty posts across the country to the Tema Collection point. Reasons for their transfer are unclear but TV3’s Josephine Frempong, gathered it forms part of the government’s efforts at tightening loopholes in revenue generation as … Read more
Effective September 1, 2017, all Customs road barriers in Ghana are to be removed and the personnel deployed elsewhere, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. This is part of three major policy initiatives which the Vice President announced at the Port Efficiency Conference in Accra on Wednesday. The others are mandatory joint … Read more
It is on record that Ghana loses more than $8.3 million in revenue at the ports through fraudulent activities of some importers who pocket the money into their private pockets with the connivance of officials of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The figure amounts to over $45 million every six months … Read more
A prominent composer has asked for answers and greater scrutiny of US airports’ treatment of travelers after he said he was detained for hours on his return to New York. Mohammed Fairouz, a longtime New York resident whose works are frequently played at major institutions such as Carnegie Hall, said he was pulled aside on … Read more
Security Analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning says the case involving the alleged disappearance of 500kg of cocaine worth about USD 30 million from the Tema Port has raised national security concerns, calling for serious investigations to be launched into the matter. The Finder newspaper Friday reported that 10 bags of suspected cocaine, each weighing 50kg (500kg … Read more
The cocaine missing story put out by the Finder newspaper on Friday April 28 raises some doubt because the paper failed to give substantial evidence to support the claim, David Agbey, a security expert, has said. According to him, the failure of the paper to provide adequate information on the subject matter has made it … Read more
The Sector Commander of Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), at the Tema Port Confidence Nyadzi, has insisted that his outfit is not aware of the alleged disappearance of 500kg of cocaine worth about USD 30 million from the Tema Port. “Infact it wasn’t reported to customs that any drug … Read more
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is dragging the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to its offices to assist in investigations into the suspected import duties evasion involving businessman Ibrahim Mahama. The businessman, who is also the brother of former President John Mahama, is at the centre of a headline grabbing … Read more
It is on record that Ghana loses more than $8.3 million in revenue at the ports through fraudulent activities of some importers who pocket the money into their private pockets with the connivance of officials of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The figure amounts to over $45 million every six months … Read more
Eight officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have hauled the Authority before an Accra High Court over trade union dues. The applicants, who filed the suit on behalf of all officers of the Customs Division, are requesting an order for interlocutory injunction restraining the Authority from receiving and deducting the … Read more
The Volta regional minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa has tasked security and custom officers at the Ghana-Togo border in Aflao to step up efforts in blocking revenue leakages at the eastern frontier. The border which is a major entry point between Ghana and other West African neighbours has reportedly been recording revenue drops due to increasing … Read more
Nana Obiri Boahen, Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says 25 ‘stolen’ state vehicles have been retrieved from former officials of the Mahama administration as well as some members and sympathizers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He said contrary to claims by the NDC that the government was just groping over … Read more
The Ministry of Finance is assessing the impact of the various tax reduction promises made by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the run-up to the December 7 general election, a tax policy advisor at the ministry, Dr Edward Larbi-Siaw, has said. He explained that the ministry was currently undergoing an impact assessment exercise … Read more
Manufacturers desiring to export products to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will have to seek approval for their products under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS) to be covered under the Common External Tariff (CET) regime. CET became operational within ECOWAS on January 1, 2015 to deepen the age-old objective of establishing … Read more