The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said when it comes to the payment of taxes, the Greater Accra Region is responsible for 80% of the total tax revenue of the state with the Western Region contributing 8%.
He added that the Ashanti Region which is the second biggest region in the country in terms of economic activity is contributing just 7%.
The Eastern Region also contributes 6% of the nation’s total tax revenue.
Ofori-Atta was speaking at the official launch of the single platform for all government of Ghana services (www.ghana.gov.gh) in Accra (14 July).
He said the new Ghana.Gov platform will be deployed to cover all state institutions to ensure that government can secure all of its revenue generation avenues.
Revenue collection, according to him, is expected to receive a big boost with the coming into force of the single platform for all government of Ghana services.
The government of Ghana’s Domestic Revenue mostly constitutes of tax/non-tax revenue and MMDA collections. According to the 2017 Auditor-General’s report, inefficiencies in revenue collection resulted in losses of over GHC2 billion. With only about 254 MMDAs and some 127 public organizations operating more than 2,000 physical points of services with mostly manual processes, revenue collection is bound to have challenges.
Modern technologies present a simple, proven solution to address these challenges and significantly grow revenues. The Ghana.gov.gh website is essentially designed to enhance the revenue mobilisation of the state.
