Proceed with 20% cross-border digital services VAT – Tax Analyst to GRA

He noted that VAT remains one of the government’s strongest tax revenue lines and that suspending the measure so close to the end of the year could jeopardise targets and increase reliance on external borrowing.

Tax analyst, Francis Timore Boi Esq has advised the government against suspending the 20 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on cross-border digital service transactions which takes effect today, despite widespread public confusion and inadequate education by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).“If I look at the revenue that the government has raised from VAT…that the poorest tax line is VAT.