Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday 23rd March, 2023 organized a one-day workshop for the staff of Afigya Kwabre South District Assembly to sensitize them on GRAs takeover of property rate collection.
In attendance at the workshop were the District Chief Executive Hon. Christian Adu Poku, the District Coordinating Director Mr. Andrews Mensah and all Heads of Department in the Assembly.
The Technical Support Officer (TSO) from GRA took the staff through the process of registering a property either as a landlord, tenant or a third party on the common platform created.The platform would centralize the collection of property rate taxes with the GRA out of the hands of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Authorities.
Per the interpretation given, the system would ensure that, out of the total amount collected, 70% is remitted to the Assemblies and 30% remitted to GRA. The introduction of this new system would ensure efficiency in the collection of property rates.