Ghana's ECOWAS card number to be used as TIN effective April 1

Starting from April 1, 2021, the National Identification
Authority (NIA) card numbers will be used as Taxpayer Identification Number
(TIN).
This will require that, all taxpayers use the ECOWAS Card
Identity Number for tax purposes as well.
“The GRA in collaboration with the National Identification
Authority and other relevant stakeholders are working to ensure that with
effect from 1 April 2021, the Ghana card Unique Identification Number of the
National Identification Authority replaces the Taxpayer Identification Number
(TIN),” the Commissioner-General of the GRA, Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah said
at a media event, last week.
“Taxpayers will, therefore, be required to use the Ghana
Card Identity Number for tax purposes as well. This replacement of
identification will enable the organisations share important data and also help
identify and rope in eligible taxpayers, especially in the informal sector.
Taxpayers will also not spend time in acquiring TINs as they will use the Ghana
Card Identity Number for tax purposes,” he added.
He further noted that the GRA would step up efforts to tax
players in the E-commerce market, which has been a challenge over the years.
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