Ghana increases energy sector levies on fuel oils, introduces road fund charge

Ghana and Morocco signed an Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters on 21 July 2026 during the Second Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC), according to a statement issued by Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ghana's President have signed the Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill 2026 into law on 31 March 2026. Referring to the amendment to the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, the President stated that the levy had previously been

Ghana has introduced the Value Added Tax Act, 2025 (Act 1151), replacing the previous VAT Act (Act 870) with a modernised framework that mandates the use of Fiscal Electronic Devices (FEDs) in VAT administration. Under the new legislation,

Belarus’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that on 4 March 2026, officials from Belarus and Ghana met to strengthen bilateral cooperation, including negotiations on a tax treaty aimed at preventing double taxation and fiscal evasion. The

China, the US, and several Western governments are urging Ghana to halt plans to raise gold royalties, sources say. Ghana aims to replace its fixed 5% royalty with a 5–12% sliding scale linked to gold prices, seeking higher revenue from rising

Ghana’s tax authority, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), on 31 December 2025 issued a notice to all VAT-registered taxpayers outlining the VAT reforms enacted under the Value Added Tax Act, 2025, which will take effect from 1 January