The Compliance and Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Income Authority (GRA) says it has turned its consideration to operators within the Tourism and Hospitality Business to make sure that the correct taxes are paid throughout the festive season.
In keeping with the GRA, there are near 100 grand occasions slated for December which shall be keenly monitored by the authority for tax compliance.
Chatting with Pleasure Enterprise, the Head of Operations on the GRA, Kwesi Eghan, stated it should embark on thriller procuring throughout the season to cease the evasion of taxes.
“What we’re doing now’s that, Christmas is upon us, it’s a time of goodwill and merry making. Actions are going to go up. As we communicate, Ghana Vacationers Board is just about authorising about 100 occasions which might be going to be organised within the nation and so we now have moved the invigilation and the thriller procuring from the sector that we began in September and October,” he stated.
Mr Eghan acknowledged that the initiative will not be completely different from what the authority has been doing prior to now.
He defined that the outbreak of COVID-19 compelled the authority to decelerate on its actions within the tourism and hospitality sector.
Mr Eghan identified that there are a lot of actions within the sector that may very well be streamlined, significantly within the month of December to enhance income assortment.
“November and December, our focus is on the hospitality trade for apparent functions. Now we have what we name the Return to Ghana, half two. So many individuals shall be coming all the way down to spend. Lodges, occasions, eating places, these are the main focus of the Christmas interval and that’s the place we’re sending our focus to now”.
Mr Eghan stated GRA officers have been sensitised to implement the legal guidelines and mobilise income for the federal government.