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VAT withholding calculator

If the GRA has appointed your business as a VAT withholding agent, you keep back part of the VAT on purchases and pay it to the GRA.

GHS

This amount is

VAT to withhold

GHS 735.00

7% of the price plus NHIL and GETFund

The invoice

Price before taxGHS 10,000.00
NHIL and GETFundGHS 500.00
VATGHS 1,500.00
Invoice totalGHS 12,000.00

What you pay

Invoice totalGHS 12,000.00
VAT withheld− GHS 735.00
Pay the supplierGHS 11,265.00

Only businesses the GRA has appointed as VAT withholding agents do this. They pay the withheld VAT to the GRA and give the supplier a VAT withholding certificate.

Common questions

Who has to withhold VAT?

Only businesses the GRA has appointed as VAT withholding agents, usually large companies and public bodies.

How much is withheld?

7% of the price plus NHIL and GETFund. The supplier gets the rest of the invoice and a certificate for the amount withheld.