27th September 2022 11:49:08 AM
2 mins readAccra Central's Area Enforcement Manager for the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Joseph Annan, has urged the general public to get the Value Added Tax (VAT) invoice from store owners when they make purchases.
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In a similar spirit, the client is obligated by law to get an invoice if such transactions attract VAT. The GRA anticipates that all suppliers of taxable commodities, goods, or services would submit VAT invoices in accordance with the law.
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If enterprises that were registered with the Authority failed to issue the VAT, he said that this was a violation of the tax rules.
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Mr Annan made the call during the ongoing tax invigilation exercise being conducted at the Authority in Accra.
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On Monday, the team visited Chang Wei Company Limited, dealers of Children‘s Toys and Accessories, Selina Bags Shop, Zebrex Motors Limited.
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Some documents were taken from these shops together with System Units, POS, and a laptop computer.
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He said the exercise or operations were part of an ongoing nationwide VAT Invigilation exercise by the authority to retrieve some taxes due the state.
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The Enforcement Officer said all these shops visited failed to issue the VAT invoice, when the team tested them, hence they were arrested and handed over to the Police for investigation and possible prosecution.
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He told the Ghana News Agency that the Authority had a legal unit that handled prosecution and once the investigations were done, the case would be handed over to the unit to proceed to court.
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He said these individuals would be assessed and made to pay immediately when that was done and after that “we will commence a full audit on the companies.”
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Mr Annan said if one’s VAT was being under declared, other taxes would also suffer the same.
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Of the seven people arrested, Mr Annan said the Police were still investigating and some progress had been made so far, “we are finalizing two of the cases, which will be completed for possible prosecution.”
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He said the exercise would continue until some sanity prevailed or was restored in the system.
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Mr Annan said the GRA as part of the nationwide invigilation would continue to embark on mystery shopping exercises across the country to apprehend culprits evading tax.
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