Lawyer sues GRA over power to grant passenger baggage duty exemptions
Mr Jonathan A. Alua, a legal practitioner, has sued the Attorney‑General and the Commissioner‑General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) over passenger baggage tax exemptions. The post Lawyer sues GRA over power to grant passenger baggage duty exemptions appeared first on Ghana Business News .
Legal practitioner Jonathan A. Alua has filed a lawsuit against the Attorney-General and the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) over baggage tax exemptions. The case challenges Regulation 18(2)(b) of the Exemptions Regulations, 2025, arguing that it grants the Commissioner-General the power to waive or vary taxes without parliamentary approval, which contravenes Article 174(2) of the 1992 Constitution.
Alua seeks the Supreme Court to declare the regulation unconstitutional and orders the GRA to refrain from exercising the disputed power until the constitutional requirements are met, or alternatively, until Parliament passes a resolution exempting the power from the constitutional requirement. The Attorney-General and GRA are given 14 days to respond, and the Supreme Court will determine the constitutionality of Regulation 18(2)(b).
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