The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has robust systems in place to track the earnings of bloggers and other players in the creative industry, despite many of them operating in the informal sector.
Speaking at Joy FM’s 7th Showbiz Roundtable in Accra on Saturday, September 6, 2025, Isaac Kobina Amoako, Chief Revenue Officer and Head of the GRA’s IT Training Centre, stressed that all creatives are obliged to pay their fair share of taxes.
“The same way we track all income earners is the same way we track the income of creatives,” he said. “It’s either by informants or third parties; we may go to your bank account and observe how you are getting money. If you don’t have a bank account, but someone holds your income, the GRA can still go to that person and collect.”
He noted that the authority uses all state resources to establish income sources and verify compliance once a blogger or creative comes under its radar. Some bloggers, he confirmed, are already paying their taxes.
The forum, themed “GRA vs. Creatives – Taxation and the Future of Ghana’s Creative & Digital Economy”, brought together musicians, filmmakers, DJs, bloggers, event organisers, fashion designers, comedians, and other creative entrepreneurs to engage GRA officials on the impact of taxation.
Also representing the GRA was Victor Yao Akogo, Chief Revenue Officer at the Domestic Tax Division.
Industry stakeholders present included Kojo Poku, Vice President of the Event and Meeting Professionals Association of Ghana; Francis Doku, CEO of Maestro Africa Group; Robert Klah, Head of Public Events and Communications at Charterhouse; playwright and CEO of Globe Productions Latif Abubakar; poet Nana Asaase; and comedian Lekzy DeComic.
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