The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has called on informal sector workers to honour their tax obligations to help the country improve domestic revenue mobilisation.
Mr Cephas Makafui Zokah, a Compliance Officer with the GRA, said Ghana could generate up to GH¢800 million in annual income tax if artisans and other informal sector workers paid their required taxes.
He made the call at a tax sensitisation forum in Sunyani attended by electricians, repairers, tailors, masons, dressmakers, carpenters and plumbers.
He said the GRA had intensified public education to help taxpayers understand the importance of contributing their fair share toward national development.
As part of the outreach, Mr Zokah introduced participants to the Authority’s Modified Taxation Scheme (MTS), describing it as a flexible and reliable online platform that simplifies tax payments and closes loopholes in the collection system.
Participants were guided through the self-registration process on the MTS, which allows taxpayers to make payments through mobile money, ATM cards or at their banks.
Mr Zokah urged workers with smartphones to visit the nearest GRA office for support, stressing that the system offered greater transparency and convenience.
Reinforcing the call, Mr Festus Onomah-Quansah, GRA’s Sunyani Area Director, revealed that about 70 percent of informal sector workers evade tax, with only 1.2 million Ghanaians currently paying.
He urged artisans to demonstrate patriotism by voluntarily complying with tax laws to support national development.
