Commencement of the use of Ghana Card PIN as TIN

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) in collaboration with the National Identification Authority (NIA) wish to inform the general public that, effective April 1, 2021, the Ghana card Personal Identification Number (Ghana card PIN) will replace the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) of individuals issued by the GRA for tax identification purposes. This change is in line with Government’s policy on the use of a unique identifier for all transactions where the identification of an individual is required.

To ensure a seamless roll-out of this initiative, the following measures have been instituted:

Registration officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) will eventually be stationed at sixty-three (63) other GRA locations to serve all taxpayers.