{"id":615969,"date":"2019-05-10T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-512731\"><header>\n<div class=\"entry-post-meta\">\n\n<p>Date: <time content=\"2019-05-10T13:29:48+00:00\" class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-05-10T13:29:48+00:00\">May 10, 2019 1:29pm<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div> \n<\/header><div class=\"entry-content "},"modified":"2019-05-10T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T14:17:17","slug":"gra-must-be-friendly-towards-tax-payers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/10\/gra-must-be-friendly-towards-tax-payers\/","title":{"rendered":"GRA must be friendly towards tax payers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-512731\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"entry-post-meta\">\n<p>Date: <time content=\"2019-05-10T13:29:48+00:00\" class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-05-10T13:29:48+00:00\">May 10, 2019 1:29pm<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/danquah-institute-informal-economy.jpeg\" alt=\"GRA must be friendly towards tax payers \u2013 Analyst\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Fiscal Policy Specialist at Oxfam Ghana, Dr Alex Ampaabeng has urged officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority to adopt a more supportive approach to taxpayers to ensure more people become tax compliant.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ampaabeng, speaking at the Danquah Institute Economic Forum on Friday, said staff of the Authority usually adopted a stern approach to collect tax following the long-held perception that most people want to evade taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The tax analyst stated that such perceptions only feed into the GRA\u2019s antagonistic nature.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the GRA must rather adopt a supportive and friendly approach that engages taxpayers in an effective way and makes tax authority very accessible.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that to boost tax compliance, taxpayers must be given a reason to willingly want to pay taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need to see in their immediate environment what their taxes are being used for and this will encourage them to continue to pay more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\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>Date: May 10, 2019 1:29pm Fiscal Policy Specialist at Oxfam Ghana, Dr Alex Ampaabeng has urged officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority to adopt a more supportive approach to taxpayers to ensure more people become tax compliant. 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