Thomas T. K. Agorsor GRA
Ghana is losing nearly 60 per cent of its potential Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue due to inefficiencies, Mr Thomas T. K. Agorsor, Head of the Domestic Tax Revenue Division (DTRD) Free Zones Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has announced.  
Speaking at a media engagement organised by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) on the theme: “GRA’s New VAT Reforms and Their Implications for Businesses and Consumers in 2026”, Mr Agorsor also attributed the gap to non-compliance within the tax system. 
He explained that although VAT has been in existence in Ghana for about 27 years, multiple amendments over the years—particularly the decoupling of levies from the main VAT regime—have complicated compliance and widened the tax gap. 
According to him, the practice of charging levies separately before imposing VAT resulted in a “tax-on-tax” effect, which pushed up prices of goods and services and increased resistance to
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