The Ghana Revenue Authority has cleared Say Cheers of tax non-compliance, reversing earlier concerns that the authority now says stemmed from a simple miscommunication rather than any actual wrongdoing by the company.
Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kwesi Eghan made the clarification to the press in Accra during an ongoing exercise targeting non-compliant businesses, saying the GRA's electronic tax monitoring system had confirmed Say Cheers was meeting its obligations all along.
"We've checked the system. We are very comfortable from our end. Indeed, we have checked the transactions that have been done, and it's obvious that Say Cheers is complying, indeed has been complying," he said.
An Apology on the Record
Eghan did not shy away from acknowledging the mistake publicly, saying the authority felt it owed Say Cheers a direct apology given the reputational damage the earlier concerns had caused.
"If there has been any miscommunication, we are mature enough to give you apologies and let the general public also understand that Say Cheers is compliant," he said.
He explained that once the initial concerns had drawn public attention, fairness demanded the correction receive the same visibility. Letting the record stand uncorrected, he suggested, would have left an unfair impression hanging over a company that had done nothing wrong.
The episode highlights the kind of reputational risk businesses can face when compliance concerns go public before all the facts are confirmed.
For Say Cheers, the GRA's public clarification closes the chapter, with the authority stating plainly that its own checks show the company has consistently met its tax responsibilities throughout the period in question.
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