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Dec 3, 20100

Tax Administration Improving in Ghana

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The Ghana Revenue Authority has greatly improved the ease of tax compliance in the country throughout 2010, and issued promises that the situation will only improve in the near future. Complying with tax administration requirements has become easier in Ghana, and the improvements are set to continue. This claim was made by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Seth Terkpeh, at the launch of Paying Taxes 2011 – The global picture, an international report on tax system compliance jointly released by ... Read More