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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Registrar General\u2019s Department (RGD) registered about 86,916 business in 2017.<\/p>\n
The figure, according to the Department, represents 30% increase from that of 2016. In 2016 the RGD registered 60,896 businesses.<\/p>\n
The business registration group that recorded the highest figure was Sole Proprietorship which had 58,506 new businesses.<\/p>\n
It was followed by Companies Limited with Share recording 21,700 new registrations.<\/p>\n
Companies Limited by guarantee also registered 5,754 while subsidiary business names recorded 594 new registration.<\/p>\n
Partnerships recorded 213 new ones in 2017 while external companies recorded the least number of 149 new businesses.<\/p>\n
About 12,000 companies out of the total figure, registered online.<\/p>\n
The department is happy about what it described as the robust online registration. It believes the figure will go up hugely due to the attentions online business registration is attracting.<\/p>\n
The Public Relation Officer for RGD, Constance Takyi told Starr Business\u2019 Osei Owusu Amankwaah that, the efforts being put in place to make the offices of RGD across the country a one-stop-shop for business registration, will facilitate the registration of more business in 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the GRA and SSNIT here to aid business registration. This will bring a lot of convenience to our customers. Since we started the pilot we have had the premises of SSNIT and GRA overwhelmed with application,\u201d Madam Takyi said.<\/p>\n
The One- Stop -Shop would afford Businesses\/ Company registration applicants the opportunity to obtain their documents such as the Ghana Revenue Authority\u2019s Tax Identification Number (TIN) and Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) number.<\/p>\n
This means applicants will no longer visit GRA and SSNIT separately but will have transactions with these organizations at a central point which is RGD front office.<\/p>\n
The aim of setting up the one-stop shop for registration is to eliminate the bottlenecks that applicants go through in accessing the various services from the respective institutions.<\/p>\n
Additionally, it would enable applicants obtain the requisite documents through a more convenient and an easy process. Furthermore, applicants who purchase registration forms from RGD would have TIN forms and SSNIT forms included in the pack.<\/p>\n
This would help the applicant complete all the requisite forms at a go and submit them at the RGD office for further processing.<\/p>\n
The project which is being piloted for three (3) months from February to April would enable key stakeholders address any challenges that may arise in the pilot phase.<\/p>\n
Source: Ghana\/Starrfmonline.com\/103.5FM\/Osei Owusu Amankwaah<\/p>\n
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