Registration of new companies at the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) starting April 1, 2021, will have to be done with both the National Identification Number (Ghana Card) and the Tax Identification Number (TIN).
This is according to a press statement issued by the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD).
In the statement signed by the Registrar-General, Mrs Jemima Oware, notes that for the meantime, TINs would be generated at the RGD offices till April 30, 2021.
With regards to the Ghana Card, the National Identification Authority (NIA) would mount a desk at RGD offices to issue the Ghana Card to clients who are only registering their businesses and not for any other purposes.
“This measure has become necessary following the President’s 2021 State of the Nation Address in Parliament in which he indicated that all National Identification Numbers would become Tax Identification Number (TIN) and SSNIT numbers,” the statement said.
Adding the directive applied to all registration types, namely; companies limited by shares and by guarantee, unlimited liability companies, partnerships, sole proprietorships, subsidiary business names and external companies.
The statement further brought to the notice of clients that Business Registration Forms would not be processed without the Ghana Card and advised them to desist from dealing with middlemen (goro boys) when registering their businesses.
“Please visit our website www.rgd.gov.gh to download Registration Forms, complete them before submitting it at any of the Registrar-General’s Department Offices across the Country. For inquiries, please contact the Public Relations Unit on 055-765-3130,” it read.
