The recent KPMG report has shed light on the Ghana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) ................
Ghana Revenue Authority The recent KPMG report has shed light on the Ghana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) provision of unreliable data prior to the engagement of Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML). According to the report, GRA’s data was inconsistent with figures provided by the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) and the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). For instance, in 2019 and 2020, GRA reported significantly lower petroleum liftings compared to ESLA and NPA data. This discrepancy raised concerns about tax evasion on the unreported volumes. The report highlighted that GRA’s inability to provide system-generated petroleum liftings data for the period from January 1, 2018, to April 30, 2020, hindered the assessment. Consequently, KPMG relied on ESLA data as the most reliable source for GRA’s pre-SML era petroleum liftings. Analysis revealed that GRA’s declared data constituted a substantial portion of ESLA’s figures, indicating inaccuracies and incomplete reporting by GRA. However, since