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Daily Guide
… John Evans Atta Mills brought the stature of a law professor and former Head of the Internal Revenue Service; John Mahama had served as Deputy Minister and Minister for Communications; Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur had served as Governor of the Bank of Ghana; Professor Jane Naana Opok …
Nana Ayew Afriye for Running Mate? The NPP Must Be SeriousJoy Online
… The proposed $1.8bn (£1.3bn) “anti-weaponisation fund” was announced earlier this year to settle a lawsuit by Trump against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over the leak of his tax returns. …
Trump considers pulling Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination as senators hold outThe Chronicle
… Others include: establishment of the Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance Systems Agency, the Public Procurement Regulatory Agency, the Fiscal Responsibility Board, the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of the Public Defender, the Water Users Association and the University …
‘As a pastor, I don’t encourage betting but I believe in order’ –Gov EnoJoy Online
… The day before Blanche’s confirmation hearing, a federal judge quashed a settlement between Trump, his business and family, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). …
US AG Blanche apologises on Capitol Hill for Epstein files ‘mistakes’Joy Online
… Blanche, the president’s former personal lawyer, was pressed by Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas about the Justice Department’s decision to settle Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service by creating a since-abandoned $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump alli …
Republican presses Blanche on Trump-IRS settlement at Senate hearingJoy Online
… The fund, intended to compensate individuals claiming they were unfairly targeted by the government, was unveiled in May in exchange for Trump dropping his personal $10bn lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). …
US judge voids Donald Trump’s $1.8bn settlement with IRS that gave him immunity from tax auditsBusiness & Financial Times
… The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Act, 2009 (Act 791) The Ghana Revenue Authority Act, 2009 (Act 791) consolidated Ghana’s four revenue agencies, that is, the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Value Added Tax Service (VATS), an …
Taxing the informal sector: A direct income tax perspectiveJoy Online
… Before GRA was created, Ghana’s revenue collection was split across three separate agencies: the Internal Revenue Service, the VAT Service, and the Customs and Excise Preventive Service. …
GRA targets informal sector with modified tax schemeJoy Online
… The proposed “anti-weaponisation” fund was announced to settle President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. …
Trump administration drops $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fundJoy Online
… the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name.” The lawsuit seeks a court order blocking payments from the fund, calling it “the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century.” Trump settled on Monday with the Internal Revenue Service …
Police officers who guarded Capitol sue to block Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘slush fund’The New Patriotic Party has completed its internal party structures and elections, and now aims to hold the John Mahama government to account on issues including cocaine trafficking, galamsey, the 24-hour economy, job creation, electricity tariffs, fuel costs, and selective arrest of opposition figures.
19 October 2026 · Daily Guide →
The New Patriotic Party has completed its internal party structures and elections, and now aims to hold the John Mahama government to account on issues including cocaine trafficking, galamsey, the 24-hour economy, job creation, electricity tariffs, fuel costs, and selective arrest of opposition figures.
19 October 2026 · Daily Guide →
US President Donald Trump says he is considering withdrawing Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general, as his confirmation appears stalled in the Senate. Two Republican senators, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, are withholding support over a controversial $1.8bn "anti-weaponisation fund" to compensate Trump allies, and want Blanche to commit in writing that the Justice Department will not resurrect the fund.
31 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Akwa Ibom State Governor Pastor Umo Eno said the new Betting and Lottery Regulatory Agency aims to regulate operators, protect residents from fraud, and ensure legal compliance, adding that while he does not encourage betting as a pastor, he believes in law and order.
30 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche faced bipartisan questioning on Capitol Hill during his confirmation hearing, where he apologized for "mistakes" in the Epstein files release and fielded questions about his personal relationship with President Donald Trump and his independence from the administration.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
At his Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump's attorney general nominee Todd Blanche was questioned by Republican Senator John Cornyn about a Justice Department settlement with Trump that created a $1.8 billion compensation fund and granted tax immunity to the president and his family businesses; Blanche said the fund has not been formally rescinded but that Trump's lawyers have no plans to enforce it in court.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A US District Judge voided a settlement between President Donald Trump and federal agencies that granted him immunity from tax audits and established a $1.8bn fund to compensate individuals claiming unfair government targeting. The judge ruled the underlying lawsuit was filed for an improper purpose and referred a Trump lawyer to state authorities for potential ethics violations.
14 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's informal sector, which employs approximately 80 percent of the national workforce and accounts for an estimated 27 percent to 40 percent of GDP, contributes less than 5 percent of total tax revenue. The Ghana Statistical Service reports that 92.3 percent of all businesses in Ghana are informal, placing a disproportionate tax burden on the formal sector.
23 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Ghana Revenue Authority is pursuing a modified taxation scheme to bring informal sector operators below the standard VAT registration threshold into the tax net. GRA's Acting Deputy Commissioner for Strategy and Research said the authority aims to tax small-turnover informal businesses that currently fall outside the system.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration has dropped plans for a $1.8bn fund to compensate individuals claiming unfair government targeting, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced to lawmakers. The fund, proposed to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS over his tax returns, faced strong criticism from Democrats and Republicans over concerns it could pay Capitol riot defendants, and was halted by a federal judge pending a June 12 hearing.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Two Capitol and Metropolitan police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit seeking to halt President Trump's $1.8 billion fund created by the Justice Department to compensate victims of political "weaponisation" following Trump's tax-return lawsuit settlement with the IRS.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →