Ghana Revenue Authority outdoors logo

Accra, June 16, GNA - Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the body mandated to oversee and regulate activities of all revenue agencies has launched i ts vision statement and logo with a promise to effectively raise money for nation building.

The agencies which fall under GRA include Customs Excise and Preventive Service, Internal Revenue Service and Value Added Tax Service.

Mr George Blankson, Commissioner General of GRA who launched the vision statement and logo in Accra on Wednesday said the authority was also mandated to strategise and formulate policies aimed at cushioning the nat ion's budget to execute development projects.

The logo has golden eagles representing a strong and visionary leadership determined to optimise tax revenue, while keeping watchful eye s on non-compliant taxpayers.

It has cowries representing national revenue while the measuring scal e defines the collective resolve to be fair, equitable and firm in the delivery of service to clients. The logo has blue colour at the background to connote the limitless effort to revenue mobilisation by GRA while the yellow background represe nts wealth of the nation from revenue mobilisation. It has a green banner representing sense of renewal, self control and

harmony in GRA.

The logo has the motto: "Integrity, Fairness and Service." The vision statement is "To be a world class revenue administration recognised for professionalism, integrity and excellence". Mr Blankson said GRA as part of its functions had instituted series of activities and committees to ensure the integration and modernisation of the three revenue agencies.

"Currently, co-ordinating committees of the Revenue Agencies' Financ e Department, Human Resource Department, Research Planning and Monitoring a nd IT Department are busily working to put in place the requisite structures

and measures for the integration." Mr Fiifi Kwettey, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning s aid establishment of GRA would enable the command structure of tax revenue administration to be well defined and adequately handle malfeasance in revenue collection. He commended the logo designers for their insightfulness and creativ ity and expressed the hope that the logo would serve as a reminder to tax pay ers to promptly pay their taxes for national development.