Source-cited draft: corporate income tax for Ghana (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Corporate income tax rates (2025) | The general company tax rate is 25%, with statutory sector rates that are higher (extractives) or lower (e.g. hotels, non-traditional exports). Resident companies are taxed on worldwide income; non-resident companies on Ghana-sourced income. | |
| Standard corporate income tax rate | 25%Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) | |
| Mining and upstream petroleum companies | 35%Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) | |
| Companies principally in the hotel industry | 22%Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) | |
| Income from non-traditional exports | 8%Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) | |
| Banks' income from lending to agriculture / leasing companies' leasing income | 20%Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) | |
| Tax base, withholding and filing | The corporate tax base is chargeable income (assessable income less allowable deductions, including capital allowances). Ghana also imposes withholding taxes on dividends, interest, royalties and service fees, plus levies on top of the headline rate. |
The general company tax rate is 25%, with statutory sector rates that are higher (extractives) or lower (e.g. hotels, non-traditional exports). Resident companies are taxed on worldwide income; non-resident companies on Ghana-sourced income.
The corporate tax base is chargeable income (assessable income less allowable deductions, including capital allowances). Ghana also imposes withholding taxes on dividends, interest, royalties and service fees, plus levies on top of the headline rate.
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| Corporate tax base | Chargeable income = assessable income (worldwide for residents) less allowable deductions and capital allowancesIncome Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
| Withholding tax on dividends | 8% (final tax)Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
| Withholding tax on interest | 8% (resident, with exemptions for individuals and resident financial institutions; 8% for non-residents as a final tax)Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
| Withholding tax on royalties / natural resource payments | 15%Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
| Withholding tax on management, consulting and technical service fees (non-resident) | 20% (final tax)Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
| Treaty relief on outbound payments | Reduced rates may apply under Ghana's double tax treaties for eligible recipientsIncome Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
| Annual return filing deadline | Within 4 months after the end of the accounting yearIncome Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
| Provisional tax payment | Four equal quarterly instalments due at the end of March, June, September and DecemberIncome Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) |
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