Ghana Revenue Authority Board dissolved - MyJoyOnline

President Akufo-Addo has dissolved the Board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Madam Essiam, until her new appointment, was the Commissioner responsible for the Support Services Division of the GRA.

Sources say Miss Pearl Darko, the current Deputy Director General in charge of Operations at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) will be moved from SNNIT to take up the role of Commissioner responsible for the Support Services Division of the GRA.

Again, the Commissioner of Customs Division, Alhaji Seidu Iddrisu Iddisah, and the Commissioner of Domestic Tax and Revenue Division, Edward Appenteng Gyamerah are expected to be replaced by new appointees following their statutory retirement.

The development comes months after the Commissioner of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) was established in 2009 as a merger of the three revenue agencies; the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Value Added Tax Service (VATS), and the Revenue Agencies Governing Board (RAGB) by the Ghana Revenue Authority Act 2009, (Act 791).

The Authority is made up of two operational divisions; the Domestic Tax Revenue Division (DTRD), and the Customs Division (CD) with assistance from the Support Services Division (SSD) and the Commissioner General’s Secretariat.