{"id":463188,"date":"2018-02-10T07:45:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T07:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/ghana-revenue-authority-awards-staff-taxpayers\/"},"modified":"2018-02-10T07:45:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T07:45:02","slug":"ghana-revenue-authority-awards-staff-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/ghana-revenue-authority-awards-staff-taxpayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Revenue Authority awards staff, taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday, 10 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38427216.295.jpg\" alt=\"2017 GRA Awards\" title=\"2017 GRA Awards\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Ghana Revenue Authority through the award scheme complimented some staff and stakeholders<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518248702_720_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has honoured some staff and taxpayers of the revenue collection institution at its 2017 edition of the annual GRA Staff and Stakeholders Awards Ceremony in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The glamorous awards night, held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on Friday February, 9, sort to reward loyal working staff who dedicated time and sacrificed their efforts to ensure the seamless running of the institution in the year 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The GRA, through the award scheme, complimented taxpayers and business owners who fulfilled their tax obligation under the year in review.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at 2017 GRA Awards Night, the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti urged staff to bring their collective strength to bear to the achievement of organizational targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our staff awardees, I wish to urge you to work harder than before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe honouring you our staff and our taxpayers would also serves as motivation to other employees to also strive harder than before and also be accorded the necessary recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nti also appealed to taxpayers who are not registered with GRA to partner the institution to contribute to paying their taxes as the Authority strives to build an environment that is safe, fair and sustainable for businesses to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to reiterate that as tax administrators, we principally see voluntary taxpayers are our partners in national development. I am therefore calling on taxpayers to partner the GRA, so that together we can contribute to building this dear nation. Our doors are always open for your suggestions and contributions to enable us serve you better,\u201d he expressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to take this opportunity to appeal to all taxpayers and income earners not yet in GRA books to register or re-register for purpose of paying their taxes to take advantage of the Tax Amnesty period by coming forward to regularize and straighten their tax records before it expires at the end of August, 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He however sounded a word of caution to tax evaders who flout the laws of the GRA to desist from such acts, lamenting that such composure will have negative reflections on the economy in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are counting on your support and plead with the few who try to avoid the payment of duty to put a stop to it as I harms the economy to a very large extent and that GRA is going to be hard at them. This notion of business as usual will no longer be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready to reward where necessary and at the same time impose sanctions on taxpayers who deliberately plot to understate or evade their obligations,\u201d Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti added.<\/p>\n<p>He further congratulated the management of the GRA for their leadership and support for all the plans that had been formulated and commended staff for their exceptional efforts at revenue mobilization and helping the organization to meet its target.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/EW7rJZBt-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Highlights<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Below is a full list of winners<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Overall Best Staff 2017<\/p>\n<p>Junior Appiah-Warden<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Small Enterprise Taxpayer<\/p>\n<p>Most improved Self-employed Taxpayer &#8211; Stephen Yeboah (Lucky Herbal Enterprise)<\/p>\n<p>Second Best self-employed Taxpayer &#8211; Patrick Victor Enyan (Nhyrob Enterprise)<\/p>\n<p>Overall Best Self-employed Taxpayer &#8211; Winifred K. Ekumah (Ekuus Trading Enterprise)<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Medium Enterprise Taxpayer<\/p>\n<p>Most Improved Taxpayer &#8211; Intermodal Shipping Agencies Limited<\/p>\n<p>2nd Best corporate taxpayer &#8211; Harlequin International Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Overall Best Taxpayer &#8211; Scanship Ghana Limited<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Best Media House &#8211; Citi FM<\/p>\n<p>Best Development Partner &#8211;  GIZ\/GFG<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner-General&#8217;s special award &#8211; Scancom Limited (MTN)<\/p>\n<p>Most Improved Taxpayer (Customs Division) &#8211; Conserveria Distribution Ghana Limited<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Best Oil Taxpayer (Customs Division)<\/p>\n<p>3rd Best Taxpayer, Total Petrolium Ghana<\/p>\n<p>2nd Best Taxpayer &#8211; Vivo Energy Ghana Ltd<\/p>\n<p>Overall Best Taxpayer &#8211; Ghana Oil Limited (GOIL)<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Large Office Taxpayer<\/p>\n<p>Most improved Taxpayer &#8211; Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited<\/p>\n<p>2nd Best Taxpayer &#8211; Standard Chartered Bank<\/p>\n<p>Overall Best Taxpayer 2017 &#8211; Newmont Ghana Gold Limited<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Best Junior Staff<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Joshua Jude Owusu &#8211; Best Junior Staff<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Kwesi Attah &#8211; Best Junior Staff, Customs Division<\/p>\n<p>Dora Akolgmah Apambilla &#8211; Best Junior Staff, Domestic Tax Revenue Division<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Jabaru Adam &#8211; Commissioner-General Secretariat<\/p>\n<p>Theophilus Wilson &#8211; Special Award<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Best Senior Staff<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Tsadie Mensah &#8211; Best Senior Staff, Support Service Division<\/p>\n<p>Eric Kweku Kemausour &#8211; Best Senior Staff, Customs Division<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide Botchway &#8211; Best Senior Staff, Domestic Division<\/p>\n<p>Richard Obeng-Tutu Koranteng &#8211; Best Senior Staff, Commissioner-General&#8217;s Secretariat<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Commissioner-General&#8217;s Award<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Spio-Abaidoo &#8211; Special award for exceptional performance<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Best Manager<\/p>\n<p>Junior Appiah Warden &#8211; Best Manager, Support Services Division<\/p>\n<p>Stanley C. 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