{"id":107579,"date":"2023-10-06T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/gra-in-talks-with-ghana-bloggers-association-over-income-tax\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:00:23","slug":"gra-in-talks-with-ghana-bloggers-association-over-income-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/gra-in-talks-with-ghana-bloggers-association-over-income-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"GRA in talks with Ghana Bloggers Association over income tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"419\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mustapha.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Mustapha\"\/><\/div>\n<p>President of Bloggers Association of Ghana, Mr. Andre Mustapha Nii Okai Inusah popularly known as Attractive Mustapha has confirmed that the association has had engagements with Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on the latter\u2019s intention to tax income earned by the former.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a section of young bloggers at Airport, Attractive Mustapha said GRA\u2019s intention to tax them shouldn\u2019t call for panic.<\/p>\n<p>A few days back, GRA announced their readiness to start taxing bloggers and other professionals in the digital media space.<\/p>\n<p>According to the President, the association and bloggers at large are not against taxation because as good citizens, \u201cWe know our taxes are a major source of revenue to the government. 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