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ghana news President assents to Tribunals Bill, 9 others
The assented bills include the Customs Bill, 2026; Community Service Bill, 2026; Tribunals Bill, 2026; Maritime and Related Offences Bill, 2026; National Defence University Bill, 2026, and the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
The others are the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026; the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Excise Bill, 2026.
In the fiscal domain, the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introduces adjustments to the country's income tax regime, including revisions to personal income tax bands and corporate tax rates, while the Value Added Tax (VAT) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, fine-tunes the VAT system to enhance compliance and broaden the tax base.
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