GRA seals off offices of Gentrac, PH Hotels, others

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday sealed off the premises of three companies, which together owed it more than GH¢676, 031 in unpaid taxes.

The companies are Sealane Shipping and Trading Company, which owes GH¢158,129, Gentrac Investment Limited, GH¢423,796 and Nayak Fisheries GH¢94,106.

The exercise was to enforce GRA’s laws and clamp down on tax defaulters in order to improve revenue collection, recovery and mobilisation.

The GRA on Monday also sealed off the premises of PH Hotels near American House at East Legon for non-payment of taxes amounting to GH¢314,145.55 and AFWest Security also at East Legon for owing GH¢187,678 in taxes.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) said it would undertake a comprehensive programme of enforcement actions to recover all arrears of tax revenue to the state.

Mr George Blankson, the Commissioner General of GRA, said the debt management and compliance enforcement unit would collaborate with outfield offices throughout the country to conduct distress action and seal off premises.

He said various methods had been employed to recover arrears without success, including serving of demand notices, telephone calls, personal visits and final demand notices.

Source: GNA