President Akufo-Addo has stated that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with the National Identification Authority (NIA) and other relevant stakeholders are working to ensure that the Ghana Card Unique Identification Number will replace the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with effect from April 1, 2021.
In this regard, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo said taxpayers would be required to use the Ghana Card Identity Number for tax purposes as well.
He said this replacement of identification will enable the organizations to share important data and also help identify and rope ineligible taxpayers, especially in the informal sector.
He added that taxpayers will also not spend time in acquiring TINs as they will use the Ghana Card Identity Number for tax purposes.
He stated that from the second quarter of this year, all national ID numbers will become SSNIT numbers in order to increase our SSNIT enrollers to 15 million.
He said, very soon they will link the National ID to all sim cards, bank accounts, birth, and death registry, DVLA documents, NHIS cards and passport.
According to him, for this first time, they have enrolled 15.5 million people onto the National ID card system (The Ghana Card) and they will complete the process this year.
He said at the end of 2016 only 750,000 people had TIN numbers; the increase to 15.5million in just 4 years is simply phenomenal.
He said this during his first State of the Nation address of his second term on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Evans Boateng