The National Identity Card has been a positive development for the country. It started in 2017, and we have seen significant progress in card registration in recent years. It is becoming an important identification card both for Ghana and the ECOWAS subregion. The card, which is issued by the National Identification Authority, is generally...
After more than half a century Ghana passed the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992), which replaces the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179). The new act aims to amend and consolidate the law relating to companies, and provide for related matters, among other things. It was preceded by a number of taxation law reforms: the Value-Added Tax Law revision in...
Tax compliance is central to the government’s agenda in 2019. The minister of finance indicated in the 2019 budget that the government would focus its revenue mobilisation efforts on reforming revenue institutions, intensifying compliance measures and broadening the tax net. However, we must work towards ensuring that compliance is less...
M&A can be an important tool to build scale, improve performance or remove excess industry capacity, and can fuel long-term, profitable growth. While not all M&A deals add value, failures should not necessarily discourage companies from pursuing them. Well-developed due diligence, valuation and integration capabilities can anchor an...
International Accounting Standards (IAS) 1 Presentation of Financial Statements is the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) governing the presentation of financial statements and also applicable in Ghana since the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana’s adoption of IFRS. IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements sets out the...
Should financial reporting standards be tailored to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
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