{
  "id": 14504545,
  "title": "GRA fully recovers $154k legacy debt owed by foreign entities between 2022 and 2024",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/gra-fully-recovers-154k-legacy-debt-owed-by-foreign-entities-between",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T17:55:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/gra-fully-recovers-154k-legacy-debt-owed-by-foreign-entities-between-2022-and-2024/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has successfully recovered a total of $154,976 in legacy debts owed by foreign entities between 2022 and 2024. This was revealed by Commissioner-General of the GRA, Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, during a parliamentary hearing on October 14, 2026. The recovered amount, which is in USD, comprises debts due from taxpayers and is detailed in the report under discussion. Sarpong expressed satisfaction with the full recovery of these US dollar debts.\n\nFurthermore, GRA has also managed to recover a significant portion of its outstanding VAT owed by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). As of now, the authority has recovered GH¢1.3 billion out of the total GH¢1.4 billion that was outstanding. This represents an impressive 86.56% of the total. The ECG has previously faced challenges in remitting all the VAT it collects, claiming that its collection systems did not facilitate complete recovery. However, Sarpong stated that GRA has been working closely with the ECG to address this issue, and there has been notable progress in recovering the outstanding revenue. The Commissioner-General indicated that efforts are ongoing to further improve the situation.",
  "summary": "The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has fully recovered $154,976 in legacy debts owed by foreign entities between 2022 and 2024.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}