General News of Tuesday, 23 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The Ghana Card | File photo The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced that effective May 1, 2024, it will begin charging new rates for some services. A public notice posted on their Facebook page that the adjustments were in line with the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 2023 (L.I. 2481) ...

Business News of Monday, 15 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoJulie Essiam is the Commissioner-General of the GRA The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), led by Commissioner-General, Julie Essiam, has announced a new compliance measure targeting the foreign income of resident Ghanaians. This initiative is set to replace the suspended Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity and aims to generate sustainable revenue beyond 2024. ...

General News of Tuesday, 16 April 2024 Source: Amanda Atunah, Contributor President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ushered in a new era for the National Service Scheme (NSS) with the launch of its 2024–2034 policy aimed at reshaping its operations over the next decade. During the launch at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra, the President ...

Business News of Tuesday, 16 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoJulie Essiam, Commissioner-General of the GRA The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a voluntary disclosure opportunity for taxpayers to declare their foreign income accounts within three months, starting from May 1, 2024. According to the authority, taxpayers who comply with this directive will have the interest on their accounts waived. In a ...

Business News of Sunday, 14 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   play videoDr. Ernest Addison, Governor of Bank of Ghana   Bank of Ghana governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, has said discussions have been had with the just-ended IMF Mission team to Ghana on the impact of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) and the losses incurred on the central bank’s balance sheet. The central ...

Business News of Sunday, 14 April 2024 Source: GNA Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, Finance Minister The government is determined not to overburden Ghanaians with the payment of more taxes, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, the Finance Minister, has assured. Rather, the government would ‘use the hard way’ to collect revenue from those who have not been paying the appropriate taxes, as well ...

Business News of Sunday, 14 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Former French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave Former French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave, has cautioned against the use of middlemen to secure travel visas, especially to parts of Europe. She asserted that some individuals continue to pay these middlemen huge sums of cash in hopes of securing a ...

General News of Saturday, 13 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com IMF Mission Chief for Ghana, Stephane Roudet   The Ministry of Finance will host a joint press briefing with the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of Ghana following the just ended mission by staff of the Fund to Ghana. The event is set to take place in Accra, Ghana at 10:00am. The IMF Mission ...

Politics of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play video Bernard Antwi Boasiako, is the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP   The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has urged all political parties, particularly the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to refrain from contesting the forthcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency. Chairman ...

General News of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Henry Quartey is Ghana’s Interior Minister   Interior Minister Henry Quartey has warned immigration officials stationed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), against the practice of escorting or receiving friends at the airport. The minister emphasized that any Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officer found violating this directive would face outright dismissal. During his visit ...