Corporate

Disqualification of Directors Culpable of Criminal Offences – Whether Convicted or Not! 1
Disqualification of Directors Culpable of Criminal Offences – Whether Convicted or Not!
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Disqualification of Directors Culpable of Criminal offences – Whether Convicted or Not! The Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992), amongst others, seeks to create a robust regime for regulating the appointment and conduct of directors. It can be said, for instance,...
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Director’s Liability in Insolvency, Receivership and Corporate Collapse 2
Director’s Liability in Insolvency, Receivership and Corporate Collapse
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Director’s Liability in Insolvency, Receivership and Corporate Collapse In recent times, Ghanaians have regrettably seen huge corporate institutions (particularly those within the Banking Sector) suddenly become the subject of receivership or liquidation. The irony is that these troubled corporate institutions...
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Double Tax Treaties 3
Double Tax Treaties
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Double Tax Treaties Do you live in one country and work in another? Do you have investments in any country other than Ghana or earn rental income or investment income from abroad? Are you paying tax twice on the income...
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Companies Bid Farewell to Business Restrictions 4
Companies Bid Farewell to Business Restrictions
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Companies Bid Farewell to Business Restrictions If you have incorporated a company before, I am sure you still have memories of that part of the application form requiring you to list the kind of businesses that your company intends to...
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Companies Act, 2019 – Directors under the Spotlight 5
Companies Act, 2019 – Directors under the Spotlight
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Companies Act, 2019 – Directors under the Spotlight  The high spate of recent bank failures and the historic low shelf life of Ghanaian businesses has thrown into sharp focus the role of individuals and agents in these failures. The need...
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Ghana’s New Companies Act Passed! 6
Ghana’s New Companies Act Passed!
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Ghana’s New Companies Act Passed! (Here is what to expect) Company Law in Ghana – Recent Developments On 2 August 2019, the President of the Republic of Ghana – Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo-Addo announced that the long awaited Ghana Companies Act,...
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Tax Reliefs 7
Tax Reliefs
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TAX RELIEFS Thinking Tax Returns? Think Tax Reliefs too. The deadline for submission of tax returns is looming near. Have you prepared your returns?  Have you claimed all the reliefs available that could go to reduce your income tax liability?...
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Ghana Free Zones 8
Ghana Free Zones
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With a ten year tax holiday and taxes on export income thereafter as low as 15% as well as complete exemption from import duties during the exemption period… Could a free zone investment be the right thing for your business?...
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Tax Incentives 9
Tax Incentives
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Did you know that Ghana has several tax incentives aimed at specific industries and classes of companies? And did you know that as someone doing business in Ghana, you are losing out if you fail to take advantage of all...
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