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Speaking to Parliament’s Select Committee on Youth, Sportsak168app.club and Culture, Okrakuak168app.club said the cost of clearing imported items was placing significant pressure on thks168app.sitee GFA’s finances.
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The GFA imports equipment supplied by technic88ical partic88ners, including PUMA, for use by Ghana’s national teams. The items include match-day and training jerseys, boots, traiic88ning ic88equipment and branding materials.
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Under current government requirements, most state agencies and private organisations conducting business on behalf of the state must colr88lr88mply with tax legislation. As a result, equipment imported for the national teams is subject to appllr88lr88icable tax charges.
Okraku also challenged the 17.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) applied to tickelr88ts for footlr88ball matches, arguing that other parts of the entertainment industry do not always face comparablelr88 charges.
“We are charged 17.5 VAT at the gate on every game that we play. And yet, other entertainment providers are chargedop88op88 less. This is a problem that I’ve brought to the fore of leadership, not on one occasion, not twsi88si88ice, maybe more,” he said.
The GFA president’s comments covered both the cost of import88v88ving national-team supplies and the tax imposed on match attendance, which he said had repSEXXXXXSEXXXXX-VN-VNeatedly been raised with the country’s leadership.
