[ 2017-10-05 ]

Over 100 smuggled vehicles seized Source: http://3news.com/100-smuggled-vehicles
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said there
are many smuggled vehicles plying the streets in
Ghana, stressing that the owners circumvented the
process and evaded the payment of import duties on
the vehicles.

At a press conference in Accra on Thursday, the
GRA revealed that it has recently impounded over
100 vehicles which were plying the streets and the
owners did not pay import duties.

The vehicles were impounded through intelligence
gathering and through the special task force set
up by the Minister of Finance.

They were said to have been smuggled into the
country through unapproved routes.

Others were also brought into Ghana under the
ECOWAS 90-days rule from neighbouring countries
but the owners changed the foreign number plates
and used Ghana numbers.

The GRA has therefore cautioned car buyers to be
cautious, send documents covering all vehicles
they want to buy for customs verification before
purchasing them. “I wish to remind the general
public that in accordance with section 55 (1) of
the Customs Act, 2016, Act 891: ‘A person who
imports vehicles into the country shall pay import
duties and any other inputs,” the Commissioner
General, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti said at the press
conference.

“It follows from this that the owners of the
‘un-customed’ vehicles have violated the law.

Those who have vehicles in the country and are
using the vehicles, supposedly with registered
numbers, and have not paid the duties on them have
violated the law,” he added. “The work of the
Special Surveillance and Monitoring Unit has
confirmed that the number of ‘un-customed’
vehicles are many in the country.

GRA is therefore calling on all owners of such
vehicles to regularise the status of their
vehicles with the Customs Division of the GRA.

“I also wish to advise the general public to
verify the authenticity of the documents of any
vehicle they intend to purchase with the Customs
Division of the GRA ,to be sure of the tax and
duties status of such vehicles before payment.

“…accordingly, GRA is serving notice to the
general public to ensure that all vehicles that
they own have all their duties duly paid.

This is to forestall any embarrassment to the
society at large.

GRA hopes to receive the cooperation of all in the
enforcement of the laws that guides the operations
of the GRA.

Source - Graphic Online

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