Author: Krobea

INTRODUCTION Every Country survives on tax. Every person (natural or artificial) is obliged to pay tax on his taxable income or revenue.  All across the world, Revenue Authorities have often been entrusted with wide powers for the sole purpose of ensuring that as much revenue is collected on the State’s behalf as is possible. In Ghana, the situation is no different. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is charged with the responsibility of collecting tax from individuals and companies for the Country.  The Authority consists of the Internal Revenue Service, Customs Excise and Preventive Service and the Value Added Tax Service.[1]…

The Greater Accra Regional branch of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has enjoined that National Executive Committee (NEC) to declare a nationwide strike over the sidelining of members by ministers. According to CLOGSAG’s General Secretary in the Greater Accra Region, Samuel Collison, national executives must – as a matter of urgency – call a NEC meeting to declare the strike “if [their] concerns are not addressed”. Their concerns have to do with the recent appointments of special assistants by most ministers. The civil servants complain some of these assistants are taking over their work. In…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A panel will decide on Friday whether to declare a “public health emergency of international concern”, which would trigger a larger response. At least 45 people are believed to have been infected in the current outbreak and 25 deaths are being investigated. Cases emerged in a rural area with one now confirmed in the city of Mbandaka. The city of about one million people is a transport hub on the River Congo, prompting fears that the…

Ghanaian midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah is leaving Italian giants Juventus for “a club elsewhere”. Asamoah, who won six Scudetti and four Coppa Italias with the Bianconeris, says his decision “is purely to the interest of my family and it is my hope and wish that the fans would understand and accept this decision”. Asamoah was signed from Udinese in 2012, having previously featured for clubs like Torino, then in Serie B while a player at Swiss side Bellinzona. There have been past reports of Asamoah leaving the Old Ladies but on each occasion he had stayed. On Friday, however, on social…

Prince Charles will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle on Saturday when she marries Prince Harry, Kensington Palace has said. Ms Markle’s father, Thomas, is unable to attend the wedding, after undergoing heart surgery. The Prince of Wales was “pleased to be able to welcome Ms Markle to the Royal Family in this way”, the palace added. Prince Harry’s grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, will also attend the wedding, Buckingham Palace confirmed. Prince Philip, 96, has been recovering from a hip operation. Ms Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland, will take her daughter to the wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor.…

President Donald Trump has said the US is not pursuing the “Libya model” for the denuclearisation of North Korea. The suggestion by his National Security Adviser John Bolton angered the North, which threatened to pull out of a summit with Mr Trump next month. Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi gave up nuclear weapons in 2003 in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, only to be killed by Western-backed rebels years later. Mr Trump said the US was not seeking to depose North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. He said the summit, due to take place in Singapore on 12 June, was still going…

The Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, has instructed his lawyers to serve Sammy Gyamfi of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with a writ over comments he made on Adom TV. On Thursday, April 19, Mr Gyamfi, who is a member of NDC’s Communication Team, on Adom TV’s Badwam accused Mr Obeng Boateng of stealing from BOST at the blind side of Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Amidu. He, therefore, asked Mr Amidu to look the side of BOST if he wants to fight corruption. But Mr Obeng Boateng did not take kindly…

An aspiring National Vice Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vida Agyekum Acheampong, has promised to use her experience as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) expert to bring back all aggrieved and suspended members of the party, should she be given the nod. Lawyer Agyekum Acheampong said such aggrieved people will include the suspended National Chairman, Paul Afoko, suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong and suspended Second Vice Chairman, Sammy Crabbe, and every other member of the party. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling party on October 2015 upheld a decision by the party’s Disciplinary Committee to…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Friday, May 18 begin a three-day tour of the Brong Ahafo Region. The tour will see President Akufo-Addo visit a total of nine constituencies in the Region. He is expected to cut the sod for the construction of a District Hospital at Nkoranza, commission a new Divisional Police Headquarters for the Techiman municipality and also commission an administrative block for the Techiman North District at Tuobodom. As part of the tour, President Akufo-Addo will also cut the sod for the construction of an administrative block for the Asunafo North District Assembly, inspect progress…

Meghan Markle says her father will not attend her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday. In a statement, she said she had “always cared” for her father and hoped he could be given the space he needed to focus on his health. In recent days, doubts had been raised over whether Thomas Markle would be at the wedding to walk his daughter down the aisle. On Wednesday, it was reported that he had to undergo heart surgery. Mr Markle had been due to meet the prince for the first time this week, as well as the Queen and the Duke…