Tax stamp taskforce focuses on Central Business District

• Published date: 14 February 2019
• Publication title: Business and Financial Times

The Head of the Tax Stamp Taskforce Unit at the Ghana Revenue Authority, (GRA) Mr. Kwabena Anto Apau, has cautioned retailers not to display products for sale without tax stamps affixed on them, as the taskforce's exercise will focus on inspecting alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in the central business district of Accra for tax stamp compliance.

'Anybody who flouts the directives will face the law. The public must always look out for products with the excise tax stamp and desist from patronising those without them,' he stressed.

Mr. Apau said this during a media briefing after the taskforce had embarked on an operation at the central business district of Accra as part of the Authority's mainstream strategy to monitor and enforce excise tax stamp on products for policy compliance.

It was also to boost to sensitisation of the excise tax law as well as ensure that the necessary taxes and duties are paid on products. The policy is to ensure that the products are not counterfeited to protect the health of consumers and help generate more revenue for the nation.

The taskforce team visited Danbri Company Limited, a distributor of pharmaceutical products. It was revealed that the company has its tax certificate intact, while some of the depots visited in the shops all had their tax stamps affixed on the products.

Mr. Apau said the exercise will continue to...