Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced government’s plans to increase the number of taxpayers to, at least, 16 million by end of 2020.
The target, he said, is expected to be achieved through the collation of various national identification cards to help capture people yet to be on the tax net.
“Currently, less than two million people are registered to pay taxes but by the end of this year, we will start converting all the national ID numbers into tax identification numbers and this is what digitisation is going to allow us to do,” he said.
READ ALSO
He announced this while speaking at a ceremony to finalize the rebranding of Barclays Bank to ABSA group limited.
“The introduction of a digital license and vehicle registration, online application of passport, paperless port system and online renewal of the National Health Insurance membership have actually curbed the frustrations, the petty bribery and corruption that Ghanaians face in their daily lives when they encounter these institutions,” he added.