Ghanaians urged to collect receipts on taxes, tolls to tackle loopholes in public revenue generation

Mrs Richlove Wiafe Duffour, Chief Accountant at the Mental Health Authority, has urged taxpayers to demand and collect receipts to tackle the loopholes in the nation’s revenue generation.

“We are all contributing to the loopholes”, she stated, saying collecting receipts on taxes, fees and tolls would greatly bring the situation under control, and thereby strengthen public revenue collection.

Mrs Duffour gave the advice when she spoke on training on financial management in Accra on Thursday, as part of a three-day conference of the Agency, underway in Accra.

The conference has brought together regional managers to review coverage outputs, examine thematic reporting and discuss operational challenges affecting newsgathering and dissemination.

It further sought to assess the Agency’s performance over the past year, and develop strategies to strengthen its operations for 2026 and beyond.

Mrs Duffour insisted that failure to demand or collect receipts on taxes, fees and tolls paid for public services was an inappropriate practice that partly fueled corruption,  affecting the nation’s revenue mobilization.

She cited that: “You remember at the time we were paying the road tolls, some of us will not even border to collect receipts when we pay the tolls. So, you see we are our own problems”.

Mrs Duffour entreated the Agency managers to endeavour to adhere to the Public Financial Management Act whenever they spend public resources in order not to find themselves in trouble.

She took the participants through the GIFMIS modules and expenditure process, and asked the Agency to avoid the temptation of borrowing without the warrant to do so, and also endeavour to keep records and retire their imprest on time.

Source: GNA

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