Tax Reliefs Frequently Asked Questions What is tax relief? Tax reliefs are allowances given to every taxpayer for certain responsibilities. In Ghana, the government gives personal upfront relief for being married or Single/Widowed with a minimum of 2 children Having children in school Taking care of aged dependents Being a person with disability Who qualifies for tax relief? Every...
Common Mistakes Tax Relief Applicants Make Below are some mistakes we have seen tax relief applicants make and their effect on the process timelines. Name and Staff ID Mismatch This arises when the staff ID provided does not match the name saved in the CAGD system. When this happens, the system rejects the entry completely. The applicant’s tax relief cannot...
A Father The word Father can be used as a noun and or a verb. Father, as a noun, is used to relate to a child or children. For example, Anabel’s father is a Mechanical Engineer. Also, father can be used as a title or form of address for a priest. Again, the word Father is used in the Bible...
A Mother The word Mother can be used as a noun and or a verb. As a noun, we use the word mother in relation to a child or children. For example, Kiki’s mother is a writer. As a verb, we use the word mother to describe upbringing or childbirth. Upbringing example, Kelly did not know how to mother her...
Childless Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of The Stranger Series All Rights Reserved Episode 3 Akua looks longingly at the pistol, and then at the door. She had bought and licensed it not long ago with the help of a friend, explaining that it was meant for robbers and self-defence. She had purchased it at a time when she had been feeling...
Tax Relief Application Form Completion Notes for Civil Servants If you are a government worker, please note the following when filling out the tax relief application form each year for the smooth processing of your applications. Year Write down the year you are applying for relief. It should be noted that the year cannot be in the past. For example,...
TAX RELIEFS Tax Reliefs are granted to encourage specified behaviour and actions. Reliefs are granted to individuals or entities to reduce their tax burden. To enjoy these benefits, one must apply for them. Personal tax reliefs (upfront reliefs) available in Ghana for resident taxpayers include: Marriage/Responsibility Relief:- This is granted to a resident who cares for his /her spouse or...
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Coming up on Aaron’s Stories City Dark Light, A ChrisEffe Bliss! (by popular request) Starting November 13, 2023 A horrible childhood experience made Effe grow up with a seemingly incurable psychological frigidity. Now, she is at the pinnacle of her fashion career, and with a man who is prepared to wait for as long as it takes to get over...
If Tomorrow Never Comes Final And as if reading my thoughts I heard a voice say out loud and clear. “Your family will survive this, every single one of them. You have fought the good fight and your Maker is very pleased with you. The God you have served will take care of your wife, your children, your mom,...
If Tomorrow Never Comes Nine Next, I saw a gathering of sorts and it didn’t take long to see it was my graduation for my first degree at UCC. It was a beautiful day. The setting was beautiful with smiles and hearty chatter by proud friends and family of graduands. The ceremony went on smoothly and it felt...
If Tomorrow Never Comes Eight The screen now was showing the living room of my parents. My Dad and Mom are sitting on one side and my first sister and I are on the other. My parents have tears in their eyes. I remember this day as if it was just yesterday. You see, our O’level results came in...
If Tomorrow Never Comes Seven Next on the screen saw myself in a classroom. The whole class was there and that meant only one thing, Song Practice. My first sister was there too so that meant I was in my third and final year. The music teacher then, Mr. Awotwe Pratt, made sure we all learnt to sing well....
If Tomorrow Never Comes Six The next scene was at the same school. This time we were all at assembly and I heard the headteacher mention my name and I cowered instantly. I did not know what I had done this time, and I was sure I was going to receive some strokes from ‘asempa ye tia’ that day. ...
If Tomorrow Never Comes Five Then, I saw flashes of my parents coming home with another child, my first sister and I was the proudest brother of all. She was born just a day after my second birthday. She was really beautiful and saw myself standing at the entrance to our room and stopping people from going in to see...
Four Then, the screen went blank for a few minutes. After a short while, I saw a very pretty woman, obviously a younger version of my mother, on a hospital bed and a younger, more handsome version of my Dad was standing beside a baby’s cot with a beautiful and proud smile on his face. My mom looked exhausted but...
If Tomorrow Never Comes Three I saw myself sitting on my bed in my room that night taking a sip from the bottle of water beside my bed. Then, I took my Bible as I lay down on the neatly made bed. I felt a bit lonely though as I read my Bible verse for the day and read...
If Tomorrow Never Comes Two The day in question was September 11, 2018. I remember going through events of the day in my head and apart from my body that felt tired and weak, everything else was normal. For some reason that day, I seemed to be getting weaker and could not place what could be causing it....
If Tomorrow Never Comes One A Memoir for Henry Kojo Kpodo It was a little past eleven in the evening when I finally turned in for the night. I sat gingerly on the bed in my room in my boxers and felt a little lost and tired. I felt the strongest urge to call my sister, the one directly...
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Day 58: Exodus Chapter 8: RABCAD Challenge A Plague of Frogs 1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh and announce to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so they can worship me. 2 If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land....
EXODUS 5 Moses and Aaron Speak to Pharaoh 1After this presentation to Israel’s leaders, Moses and Aaron went and spoke to Pharaoh. They told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go so they may hold a festival in my honor in the wilderness.” 2“Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh. “And who is the...
Day 52: Exodus Chapter 2: RABCAD Challenge The Birth of Moses 1 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she...
Day 51: Exodus Chapter 1: RABCAD Challenge Well done, you have read all the chapters of the Book of Genesis Welcome to the Book of Exodus, the 2nd Book of the Holy Bible! It has 40 chapters. The Book of Exodus has interesting and wonderful insights such as The Oppression of the Israelites The birth of Moses and how he...
Day 50: Genesis Chapter 50: RABCAD Challenge 50 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. 2 Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him, 3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. 4 When...
Day 49: Genesis Chapter 49: RABCAD Challenge Jacob Blesses His Sons 49 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come. 2 “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel. 3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling...
The Capo Episode 10 ® Cobby Grant Yoofi chose to spend the whole day in bed. He had found out a long time ago that he operated well while in bed. It was while there that he made important business transactions. He made deals in the region of hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis with the laptop pulled close...
Day 44: Genesis Chapter 44: RABCAD Challenge A Silver Cup in a Sack 1 Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack. 2 Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the...
Day 43: Genesis Chapter 43: RABCAD Challenge The Second Journey to Egypt 43 Now the famine was still severe in the land. 2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.” 3 But Judah said to him, “The man warned us solemnly, ‘You will...
Day 42: Genesis Chapter 42: RABCAD Challenge Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” 2 He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we...
Day 40: Genesis Chapter 40: RABCAD Challenge The Cupbearer and the Baker 1 Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,...
The Capo: Cobby Grant: Episode 3 ”Is Dr Ursula your friend?” Kofi asked Yoofi, as he sipped his gin from a tumbler. They had met by accident at the Club House Yoofi belonged to and they had sat down at the same table to chat. ”Actually, she’s my cousin. Do you like her?” Yoofi asked. ”I adore her but I...
Day 39: Genesis Chapter 39: RABCAD Challenge Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the...
Day 38: Genesis Chapter 38 (NIV):RABCAD Challenge Judah and Tamar 38 At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah. 2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her; 3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a...
Day 37: Genesis Chapter 37 (NIV): RABCAD Challenge Joseph’s Dreams 37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. 2 This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and...
Genesis Chapter 36 (NIV) Day 36 A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge# Esau’s Descendants 36 This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite— 3 also Basemath daughter of...
Starting March 22… 1. The Capo Yoofi, a charming and unassuming young man was enjoying his good, calm and ordered life until he sees a lady he had met briefly in a bar being attacked by some ruthless thugs. It was obvious from all indications that the thugs had only one aim – to kidnap her. Will he be able...
Genesis Chapter 35 Day 35 of A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge (New International Version) Jacob Returns to Bethel 1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to...
Genesis Chapter 33 (New International Version) A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge Day 33 Jacob Meets Esau 33 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants. 2 He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next,...
Genesis Chapter 32 (New International Version) A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge Day 32 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 1 [a]Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.[b] 3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to...
Genesis Chapter 31 (New International Version) A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge Day 31 Jacob Flees From Laban 31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.” 2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been....
Genesis Chapter 30 (NIV) A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge Day 30 1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!” 2 Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you...
Genesis Chapter 29 (NIV) A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge Day 29 Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram 1 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples. 2 There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that...
Genesis Chapter 28 (New International Version) A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge Day 28 1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. 2 Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a] to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban,...
A Bible Chapter A Day Challenge: Day 26 Genesis Chapter 26 (New International Version) Isaac and Abimelek 1 Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. 2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in...
Genesis Chapter 15 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3...
Genesis Chapter 14 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of...
Genesis Chapter 13 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his...
Genesis Chapter 12 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a...
