{"id":166199,"date":"2024-03-27T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/tagg-affirms-bawumias-claim-of-gra-harassing-businesses-for-taxes\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:29:51","slug":"tagg-affirms-bawumias-claim-of-gra-harassing-businesses-for-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/tagg-affirms-bawumias-claim-of-gra-harassing-businesses-for-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"TAGG affirms Bawumia&#8217;s claim of GRA harassing businesses for taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has backed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s claim that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been bothering businesses in its efforts to collect taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia shared his worries about the GRA officials harassing businesses for tax during a chat with the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday, March 20.<\/p>\n<p>He blamed the current situation on the GRA\u2019s habit of setting unrealistic goals, which leads to over-taxation of existing businesses.<\/p>\n<p>TAGG in a statement on Wednesday said, \u201cThe Vice President couldn\u2019t have said it any better because his pronouncement is a true reflection of daily happenings in the business community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TAGG, as part of the business community, said its members continue to face extortion and harassment by GRA officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many task forces are deployed to monitor traders when GRA could leverage on cutting-edge systems. GRA has established a task force to intercept goods and cargo after they are cleared at the ports. This practice has, to say the least, been very nauseating to the cause of our members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraders are asked to pay taxes higher than their capital. Traders are asked to pay taxes they don\u2019t understand. GRA sits at shops to count the number of customers patronising our wares causing customers not to visit us,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1033043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-27-at-15.30.11_d86d3f4f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"994\" height=\"1280\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1033044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-27-at-15.30.11_5e6a14fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1032\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has backed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s claim that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been bothering businesses in its efforts to collect taxes. Dr. Bawumia shared his worries about the GRA officials harassing businesses for tax during a chat with the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TAGG affirms Bawumia&#039;s claim of GRA harassing businesses for taxes - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/tagg-affirms-bawumias-claim-of-gra-harassing-businesses-for-taxes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TAGG affirms Bawumia&#039;s claim of GRA harassing businesses for taxes - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has backed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s claim that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been bothering businesses in its efforts to collect taxes. 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