Africa-Press – Ghana. The Domestic Tax Revenue Division (DTRD) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) mobilized GH¢130.2 billion revenue in 2025, Dr Martin Kolbil Yamborigya, the Commissioner of the Division has announced.
He said the figure represented a 20.3 per cent growth over the 2024 performance, saying that despite strong year-on-year growth, the Division recorded a marginal shortfall of GH¢2.4 billion.
That is equivalent to 1.8 per cent below the 2025 revenue target of GH¢132.8 billion representing a projected growth of 27.2 per cent.
Dr Yamborigya said the performance was highly commendable amid prevailing economic headwinds and compliance challenges.
The commissioner gave the announcement when speaking at the closing session of the three-day management retreat of the Division in Sunyani on the theme: “Transforming for impact and growth: Focusing on VAT performance and compliance”.
Dr Yamborigya said the Division contributed 71.66 per cent of the GRA’s total revenue collections in 2025, pledging to ensure that it also generated the GH¢162.59 billion revenue target for 2026 representing 70.65 percent of the GRA’s 2026 revenue target of GH¢230.13 billion.
“The 2026 GRA target reflects a 21 percent increase over the 2025 target”, he stated, describing the target as ambitious and demanding that required transformational rather than incremental adjustments.
Dr Yamborigya said: “The 2026 target is not merely a financial projection, it is a test of our systems, leadership and ability to innovate”, saying that “year will demand not just improvement but transformation and a doubling of efforts”.
He called for strengthening of monitoring, enforcement and compliance management frameworks, saying that the Division was advancing several strategic initiatives to safeguard revenue and enhance compliance performance.
Those strategies include the implementation of the National VAT Compliance and Enforcement Project to systematically reduce compliance gaps, strengthen filing discipline and improve VAT revenue productivity.
Dr Yamboriga said the Division would also roll-out the Macro-Jurisdiction Team (MJT) Initiative across designated zones to enhance supervision, precision monitoring and accountability across taxpayer segments.
More so, the DTRD intends to decentralise the Area Audit Concept to deepen operational responsiveness, strengthen field presence and improve risk-based interventions, he added saying that it would also embark on reinforcing data-driven monitoring, enhancing enforcement efficiency and strengthening institutional effectiveness.
Dr Yamboriga said the Division would also revise the Large Taxpayer Office (LTO) threshold from GH¢5 billion GH¢75 billion as well as operationalize a Public Sector Office that would handle government agencies and departments.
