The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) has warned the public to disregard persons who in the name of the department extort money from owners of companies to settle penalties.
According to the RGD, it has not approved any group of persons or individuals to make such a request on behalf of the department.
The department is, therefore, calling on the public to disregard any such calls as the department does not interact with defaulting clients through such means but rather through publications and Electronic media as well as text messages in notifying clients.
The Public Relations Officer of the department Constance Adoma Takyi said: “The department responsible for such calls has not authorized any group of persons to do such things on our behalf, therefore, the public must disregard any individual requesting for any form of paymentâ€.
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The PRO also advised companies yet to file their annual returns to do so on or before the end of April.
She explained that: “However, we have issued text messages to the public, those who are due for renewal and for the filing of annual return they have already received the first certificate and they have the deadline of 30th April to file their annual returns. In filing their annual returns they are not supposed to make any payment to any individual. They are to do that at the fidelity bank on our premises.â€
Constance Adoma Takyi also added that all Directors, Secretaries and Shareholders of companies that have not updated their records into the new database e-Register are to obtain individual Tax Identification Number (TIN) from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and also required to update the company record at the department.