Business
Grant VAT exemption to exploration firms to avert dwindling investments – Ghana Chamber of Mines
Ghana has dropped to 4th in terms of budget for gold exploration on the continent.
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Parliament passed 12 major bills at its second meeting
The laws passed include the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025; Ghana Investment Promotion Authority Bill, 2025; Maritime and Related Offences Bill, 2026; Community Service Bill, 2026.
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Business
Chamber of Mines pushes for passage of Minerals Revenue Management Act
The Act, when passed, will provide a clear legal framework for governing how income from mineral resources is saved, spent, and accounted for.
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Business
Gov't committed to reducing inefficiencies, enhancing tax compliance- Osei-Asare
According to her, this aligns with the Medium-Term Revenue Strategy laid out by the ministry.
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Blame President Akufo Addo if Ghanaians are not paying their taxes – Acting UPP Chairman
President Akufo Addo called on lawyers and the general society to commit to their tax obligations during the opening ceremony of the Annual General Conference of the Ghana Bar Association, held in Bolgatanga.
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Business
EOCO demands financial records from Sarkodie Baffour Awuah and Partners in ongoing investigations
In a confidential letter dated October 30, 2026, and signed by the Acting Executive Director of EOCO, Raymond Archer, the Office directed the Accra-based law firm to submit documents covering its financial and administrative activities from...
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Mahama signs Tribunals Bill, Customs Bill, Community Service Bill, others into law
The others are the Income Tax Amendment Bill, 2026; Value Added Tax Amendment Bill, 2026; Excise Bill, 2026; Energy Sector Levies Amendment Bill, 2026; and Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026.
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Parliament passes bill to guarantee free education for PWDs, special needs learners
The bill, passed on Thursday, 11 December 2025, also formally anchors the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy in law, turning what had been policy commitments into enforceable statutory entitlements.
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Business
Mahama signs law to scrap 1% COVID-19 Levy from January 2026
The presidential assent, given on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, clears the way for the levy to be fully removed from January 2026.
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Europe
London to introduce Tourist tax
A spokesperson for Sir Sadiq Khan said City Hall welcomed the direction of travel, describing a modest fee as a long-overdue tool that could bolster local revenue and strengthen London’s global competitiveness.
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Business
GRA to track crypto earnings with new tech, says Commissioner-General
According to him, the GRA’s soon-to-be-deployed platform will allow the Authority to identify cryptocurrency accounts and trace transactions, ensuring that traders pay the appropriate taxes.
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SONA 2024: Full Speech by President Akufo Addo
The address, mandated by Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution, was delivered by the President in the Chamber of Parliament on Tuesday, 27th February, 2024
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Europe
British solicitor who defrauded clients of £1.7M jailed
Bilmes pleaded guilty to seven charges of fraud. Between November 2014 and October 2017 he dishonestly appropriated £1,767,322 from the client account of his firm.
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More tax lawyers needed – GRA Commissioner-General
“We need a lot more of you to go into the practice of tax; when you look around, you can count the number of firms that specialise in taxation."
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Courts
$10.2m tax liabilities: Court dismisses appeal against GRA
In a ruling, the court presided over by Justice Justin Kofi Dorgu, held that the appeal filed by Perseus was unsuccessful because the company failed to demonstrate that the Commissioner-General erred in applying the tax laws regarding the t...
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12 Statutes passed by Parliament of Ghana in 2021
The various Statutes can be categorized under four(4) main themes/ areas of the law; Taxation, Finance, Insurance, and National Security.
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Samson’s Take: International Anti-Corruption Day – integrity
We could each start with road traffic offences, and play active citizen-watch for a vigorous use of the 2020 amended law (section 252 of the Criminal Offences Act) that punishes bribery with 12 – 25 years in jail.
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Proposed E-Levy: Withdraw, consult stakeholders- Dr. Ali-Nakyea to Government
Government has decided to place a levy on all electronic transactions to widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector. This shall be known as the “Electronic Transaction Levy” or “E-Levy”.
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Courts
Coalition appeals for abolishing taxes on sanitary pads
International Day of the Girl-Child is celebrated on October 11 every year and is dedicated to the growth of girls around the world.
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Opinion
Vehicles Do Not Commit Crimes: Registered-Owner Liability, the Presumption of Innocence, and the Legality of TRAFFITECH-GH
The article challenges the legality of Ghana’s TRAFFITECH-GH system, arguing that registered vehicle owners cannot automatically be held criminally liable for traffic offences committed by others. It contends that such liability violates th...
Albert Gyamfi Esq.