The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) aims to raise GH¢310 billion in domestic revenue by December 2028 by broadening the tax base rather than placing a heavier burden on businesses and individuals who already comply.
GRA Commissioner-General Anthony Kwasi Sarpong announced the target on Tuesday, November 10, at the 15th Ghana Economic Forum, organised by the Business and Financial Times (B&FT).
He said the authority’s strategy was designed to ensure tax revenue rises alongside economic growth while allowing private businesses to continue investing.
“Our objective cannot be to collect more and more from the same taxpayers, year after year. That approach has limits, and it places an ever-heavier burden on those who are already compliant,” Sarpong said.
The 2028 target is significantly higher than the GRA’s annual collection goal of GH¢237 billion for 2026. The authority collected GH¢185.5 billion between January and October 2026, exceeding its target for the first 10 months by GH¢1.1 billion.
Revenue collected during that period was also greater than the GH¢182 billion raised throughout 2025. That figure had itself increased from GH¢153 billion in 2024.
Sarpong attributed the recent improvement to tax reforms, digitalisation and the use of artificial intelligence in customs classification.
In August, he said the Publican AI valuation tool, which was introduced in April, had helped increase monthly customs revenue from approximately GH¢4 billion to GH¢6.1 billion in July.
The GRA is also introducing its Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) and working to resolve payment problems affecting Ghana.gov, Sarpong said.
Fiscal electronic devices are due to be deployed nationwide in 2027 as part of efforts to strengthen compliance with Value Added Tax requirements.
The Commissioner-General called on manufacturers importing raw materials and other production inputs to discuss compliance-related costs with the authority.
He said increasing domestic tax receipts would help the government reduce its reliance on borrowing.
Sarpong’s comments came ahead of Thursday’s 2027 Budget. Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has said the budget will involve no new loans.
“Every cedi that the state raises from a fair and broad-based tax system is a cedi it does not need to borrow from the finance market. That is fiscal space, and fiscal space is investment space,” Sarpong said.
