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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced measures to tax foreign income earned by Ghanaian residents. This applies to any resident who has lived in Ghana for 183 days or more in a year. Ghana’s Commissioner General Julie Essiam clarified that this is not a new tax, but rather an expansion and stricter enforcement of the existing tax regime. This decision will particularly impact Ghanaian content creators and influencers. Many creators generate income from foreign platforms like YouTube, Google, and X. While there’s no official data on Ghanaian YouTube creators specifically, Data Reportal suggests YouTube penetration in Ghana is around 80%. The GRA may face challenges in tracking and enforcing tax collection on foreign income, especially from smaller earners. Currently, the specific details of how the GRA intends to implement this tax are unknown.