{"id":463639,"date":"2018-02-12T14:41:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/you-cant-sue-anyone-register-your-car-etc-without-tin-from-april-1-gra\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T14:41:54","slug":"you-cant-sue-anyone-register-your-car-etc-without-tin-from-april-1-gra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/you-cant-sue-anyone-register-your-car-etc-without-tin-from-april-1-gra\/","title":{"rendered":"You can\u2019t sue anyone, register your car etc. without TIN from April 1- GRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Monday, 12 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/83896822.295.jpg\" alt=\"GRA Logonew1\" title=\"GRA Logonew1\" width=\"295\" height=\"112\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/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\/1518446514_736_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> From April 1, persons without a Tax Identification Number (TIN) will among others, not be able to open a bank account, procure a drivers\u2019 licence or a passport as well as initiate a case at any court across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Again, such persons cannot clear goods at the ports, register their land documents with the Lands Commission, obtain a tax clearance certificate from GRA and register a company at the Registrar General\u2019s Department<\/p>\n<p>They cannot also obtain payments for jobs or contracts done for government, register their vehicle at the DVLA, bid for contracts from Government agencies, conduct business with ministries, departments and agencies, and conduct business with metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>TIN is an 11-digit unique number given to identify individuals and also enable the Ghana Revenue Authority to credit anyone who pays tax to the government.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by the Ghana Revenue Authority said \u201cthe registration process for TIN for both individuals and organisations is absolutely free\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said registration forms for the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) can be obtained from all GRA offices nationwide, and urged the public to visit their offices to register.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 72 updated by: 72 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Monday, 12 February 2018 Source: 3news.com 2018-02-12 File photo From April 1, persons without a Tax Identification Number (TIN) will among others, not be able to open a bank account, procure a drivers\u2019 licence or a passport as well as initiate a case at any court across the country. 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