• About
  • Advertisements
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact
Sunday, July 27, 2025
The Sikaman Times
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Regional
  • Features
  • Focus
No Result
View All Result
The Sikaman Times
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Regional
  • Features
  • Focus
No Result
View All Result
The Sikaman Times
No Result
View All Result

Broadening tax net: SWIT carries tax education to Madina Market

by Yaa Amoakowaa Obeng
November 10, 2023
Broadening tax net: SWIT carries tax education to Madina Market
ShareTweetSendShareSend

The Society for Women in Taxation (SWIT), in collaboration with the Madina Tax Service Centre of the Ghana Revenue Authority, on Thursday, November 9, 2023, educated traders in Madina Market on the relevance of taxes.

The president of SWIT, Esi Duma Sam, bemoaned the government’s inability to prosecute its development agenda due to the low level of taxes generated, mostly from the formal sector.

She observed that SWIT has prioritised educating the informal sector because there is a need for players in the sector to understand how taxes work in order for them to comply.

“As a women group, we know the informal sector is a very large part of the economy, and a lot of women play a very significant role, and we believe that we need to bring tax education down to them. When we bring the education down to them and they understand it, in the future, complying with tax issues will become very easy for them.”

According to Madam Sam, this is the first time their organisation has embarked on this exercise, hinting that more such education will be rolled out in the coming months.

“Until the last trader in the market understands the significance of paying taxes, we aren’t stopping with the education. The next time, we will consider mounting a stage just right at the entrance of the market, which is Zongo, where everyone who passes into the market will be educated on the need to pay tax,” she added.

Team members of SWIT and the GRA took turns explaining to the traders in various local languages the different forms of taxes, including VAT, income tax, and PAYE, how they can file their taxes, and the contribution of taxes to development.

The team also took journalists around and engaged in one-on-one discussions with individual traders on tax matters.

Although some of the traders complained of seeing little development and sometimes misuse of their taxes, the SWIT and GRA teams asked them to consider tax payment as a civic responsibility that has collective benefits for society.

Advertisement Advertisement
Share4Tweet2SendShare1Send
Previous Post

FEATURE: The NPP running mate conversations: What Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia may consider

Next Post

2024 Budget: CITG discusses importance of tax policy inputs

Related Posts

Parliament approves GH¢1 fuel levy per litre amid energy sector woes
Banking & Finance

2025 mid-year budget: Gov’t to scrap COVID levy, slash VAT rate

July 25, 2025
NIB recapitalized as Gov’t moves to stabilize financial sector
Banking & Finance

NIB recapitalized as Gov’t moves to stabilize financial sector

July 25, 2025
ORC issues final deadline for annual returns, business name renewals
Banking & Finance

ORC imposes new penalties on defaulting companies

July 25, 2025
Mid-year budget: GH¢13.8bn “Big Push” to deliver 5,000km of roads across 166 constituencies
Banking & Finance

Mid-year budget: GH¢13.8bn “Big Push” to deliver 5,000km of roads across 166 constituencies

July 24, 2025
Cassiel-Ato-Forson
Banking & Finance

Public debt drops from GH¢726.7bn to GH¢613bn amid IMF program – Ato Forson

July 24, 2025
Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson
Banking & Finance

Exchange rate stability will be sustained – Finance Minister pledges

July 24, 2025
Next Post
2024 Budget: CITG discusses importance of tax policy inputs

2024 Budget: CITG discusses importance of tax policy inputs

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • UGBS honours Prince Amoatia Younge, 1998 year group at 45th Management Week

    UGBS honours Prince Amoatia Younge, 1998 year group at 45th Management Week

    10 shares
    Share 4 Tweet 3
  • PNP seeks to raise GHS 2m to revamp party structure

    1 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Lighthouse Chapel brawls with dismissed bishop over car gift

    10 shares
    Share 4 Tweet 3
  • CFLE Africa successfully observes 2024 Financial Literacy Month

    16 shares
    Share 6 Tweet 4
  • 2024 Ghana Robotics Competition held

    5 shares
    Share 2 Tweet 1
The Sikaman Times

We bring you the best Premium WordPress Themes that perfect for news, magazine, personal blog, etc. Check our landing page for details.

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Africa
  • Ahafo
  • Art & Entertainment
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Ashanti
  • Aviation
  • Banking & Finance
  • Bono East
  • Brong Ahafo
  • Business
  • Business
  • Central
  • Communication
  • Culture
  • Eastern
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entrepreneurship & Local Business
  • Exclude
  • Features
  • General
  • Ghana
  • Greater Accra
  • Health
  • Health
  • International
  • International Trade
  • Lifestyle
  • Lifestyle
  • Media
  • National
  • News
  • North East
  • Northern
  • Oil & Gas
  • Oti
  • Politics
  • Politics
  • Real Estate
  • Regional
  • Relationship
  • Relationship
  • Religion
  • Savannah
  • Social
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Trade
  • Transportation
  • Uncategorized
  • Upper East
  • Upper West
  • Volta
  • Western

Recent News

Parliament approves GH¢1 fuel levy per litre amid energy sector woes

2025 mid-year budget: Gov’t to scrap COVID levy, slash VAT rate

July 25, 2025
NIB recapitalized as Gov’t moves to stabilize financial sector

NIB recapitalized as Gov’t moves to stabilize financial sector

July 25, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

About Us

© 2024 - The Sikaman Times

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Regional
  • Features
  • Focus

About Us

© 2024 - The Sikaman Times

QUICK LINKS

About

Privacy Policy

Terms Of Use

Advertisement

Contact

FOCUS

Ghana

Africa

International

CATEGORIES

General News

Business

Opinions

Politics

Technology

EXTRAS

Sports

Entertainment

Health & Wellness

STAY CONNECTED

Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin

© COPYRIGHT 2022-2025
The Sikaman Times