PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Effective April 1, 2018, banks, the Passport Office, the DVLA, the Registrar General’s Department, among other offices will not transact business with any individual who does not have a Tax Identification Number (TIN). This is because the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be enforcing the implementation of the policy from April to allow taxpayers comply with the directive. According to the GRA, ample time has been given to allow individuals acquire a TIN. The TIN is a unique Identification Number issued to taxpayers for official transactions. The GRA is using it as a tool to broaden the country’s tax net which is the number of persons who are entitled to pay tax.



“So the Commissioner General of Ghana Revenue Authority, is sending out a message that all tax payers and potential tax payers who don’t have their Tax Identification Numbers should get to the nearest GRA office and have them generated”.

“It has become very necessary in accordance with the provision of the Revenue Administration Act which requires all persons who do business in this country, tax payers and potential tax payers should have their TINs to be able to conduct official business in this country,” he stressed.

Issuance of TIN
All persons liable to pay tax, or from whom taxes are withheld at source by employers or agents through payroll deductions and /or other business transactions under any enactment are required to register.

Application for Issue of TIN
Every person liable to pay tax or required to withhold tax at source under any enactment shall apply in a form prescribed by the designated Public Office.

Specified transactions that require TIN

A person shall not be permitted to undertake the under listed activities without use of a TIN

(a) to clear any goods in commercial quantities from any port or factory
(b) to register any title to land, interest in land or any document affecting land
(c) to obtain any Tax Clearance Certificate from the internal Revenue Service, Customs Excise and Preventive Service or the Value Added Tax Service.
(d) to obtain a Certificate to commence business or a business permit issued by the Registrar-General or a District Assembly
(e) to receive payment from the Controller and Accountant General or a District Assembly in respect of a contract for the supply of any goods or provision of any services.


The Commissioner General of Ghana Revenue Authority said it is illegal to acquire two TIN numbers and persons who do so will be dealt with according to the law.

“It is an offense for a person to be able to generate more than a TIN because the law says that every person should have one TIN, there is a specific section under the law says that you are providing the Commissioner General with false and misleading information if you have two TIN numbers”.

 Photo Credit: GHANA REVENUE AUTHORITY (GRA) 

What Are Your Salary Requirements? Best Answers?

So it’s a new year and I am sure most of us do have resolutions of landing that dream job. In one of my chats with a friend in the Human Resource field, I asked her a few questions during an interview session. One that dragged on was the remuneration part. We spoke at length on that as I disagreed on a lot of the things she said. I continuously asked why?

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A week later I got a notification of an email from her. There was a link to a short message directing me to go check out this page as all what she was telling me was justified.

I followed the link and the amount of information I got from that post was much valuable. As usual, I didn’t want to sit on this information hence my decision to post it on my blog for you my cherished readers to have a read at it.

I honestly don’t know to the extreme if we have the range system working here in Ghana, but my friend told me some few institutions and industry specific players do have that.

So don’t give the first number because if you request a salary lower than the range for the position, the interviewer will say nothing, and you’ve just lost money.

You want the interviewer to tell you the range for the position, because then you can focus on getting to the high end of the range. But you can’t work to the high point if you don’t know it.

When there are two good negotiators in the room, each person will try to get the other to give the first number.

Each time you deflect the question, the interviewer will try again. Your goal is to outlast the interviewer until they finally tell you the salary range for the job. Here is how to respond:

Question: What salary range are you looking for?

Answer: “Let’s talk about the job requirements and expectations first, so I can get a sense of what you need.” That’s a soft answer to a soft way to ask the question.

Question: What did you make at your last job?

Answer: “This position is not exactly the same as my last job. So let’s discuss what my responsibilities would be here and then determine a fair salary for this job.” It’s hard to argue with words like “fair” and “responsibilities” you’re earning respect with this one.

Question: What are you expecting to make in terms of salary?

Answer: “I am interested in finding a job that is a good fit for me. I’m sure whatever salary you’re paying is consistent with the rest of the market.” In other words, I respect myself and I want to think I can respect this company.

Question: I need to know what salary you want in order to make you an offer. Can you tell me a range?

Answer: “I’d appreciate it if you could make me an offer based on whatever you have budgeted for this position and we can go from there.” This is a pretty direct response, so using words like “appreciate” focuses on drawing out the interviewer’s better qualities instead of her tougher side.

Question: Why don’t you want to give your salary requirements?

Answer: “I think you have a good idea of what this position is worth to your company, and that’s important information for me to know.”

You can see the pattern, right? If you think you sound obnoxious or obstinate by not answering the question, think of how he feels asking the question more than once.

PAY DAY

Also, by the time the interviewer has asked two or three times, the interviewer will know that hiring you means having a tough negotiator on his team another reason to make you a good salary offer!

I hope this short note helps someone out there to their next interview session for that dream job. But as my captions depicts a question mark, I will encourage more suggestions which will be much more appropriate than any of the answers stated above. Have the best of 2015 and beyond.

CHEERS!!!!

CREDITS:

www.time.com

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