The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reported that the integration of the Tax Identification Number (TIN) with the Ghana Card has significantly enhanced its operational capacity to identify tax evasion and under-reporting.
According to Dominic Naab, Special Aide to the Commissioner-General, the data merger revealed approximately 12 million individuals who were previously missing from the tax database. Upon further screening, the authority determined that roughly 10 million of these individuals are active income earners.
This technological synchronization allows the GRA to better track economic activity and identify citizens who have registered for national ID cards but have failed to fulfill their tax obligations.
Equipped with this new data, the GRA has initiated formal processes to improve compliance by inviting these newly identified individuals to file their tax returns. This effort follows a successful 2021 fiscal year in which the authority exceeded its revenue target, collecting over ยข57.32 billion.
Officials attribute this performance, the highest annual growth rate in a decade, to a combination of strategic interventions and the increased transparency provided by the Ghana Card.
Moving forward, the Commissioner-General intends to use his legal mandate to further integrate these potential taxpayers into the formal system to ensure the 2022 revenue targets are met through broader compliance and data-driven enforcement.
