The Ghana Revenue Authority is intensifying domestic revenue mobilisation in line with measures outlined in the 2026 Budget, as Ghana prepares to transition out of its IMF programme next year.
Acting Head of Strategy and Research at the Authority, Dominic Naab, noted that the GRA has rolled out a number of targeted compliance and administrative reforms which, if executed effectively, are expected to strengthen revenue performance and provide the government with a more reliable stream of funds to support development priorities.
He spoke to the media on the sidelines of the Media Foundation for West Africa’s Tax Dialogue.
“We have instituted a lot of measures. If you look at the budget that was read for example, you have the E-VAT that is using electronic means to generate VAT invoices. That will help GRA to monitor real time what is happening. It means therefore that if we are able to do it very well, we are likely to make so much revenue. The [Finance] Minister also mentioned using artificial intelligence especially in port operations to make sure the gaps are identified and he also mentioned some mentioned some declaration defects and all those things will be corrected.
“It is our hope that when these measures are put in place, we should be able to raise the revenue to help us develop our country. We are also aware there is fatigue internationally so we can’t get revenue from anywhere so we just need to generate revenue here. Truth of the matter is that there are people really making income but because they are not in our radar, we don’t get to tax them,” he said.
As Ghana edges closer to the end of its IMF-supported programme, tax analysts say the effectiveness of domestic revenue measures will be crucial in determining the country’s fiscal resilien resilience beyond 2026.
