Ghana News Agency (Accra) – The Registrar General’s Department has extended the deadline for filing annualreturns from 31 July to 31 December 2020.
The extension is in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection and many companies’ inability to hold an annual general meeting.
A statement signed by Constance Adomaa Takyi, head of public relations for the department, said the extension applied to all companies limited by shares and guarantee, including churches, associations, external companies and renewal of partnerships and businesses for the 2019/20 financial year.
It said the renewal fee for business names stood at GHC25 for each year. “This service does not attract any penalty and filing of annual returns for all companies attracts a fee of GHC50.00,” the statement added.
It also said the earlier information concerning a penalty increase from GHC400 to GHC450, effective from 3 August 2020, should be disregarded, because it would no longer hold.
The statement cautioned clients to desist from using middlemen when transacting business with the department.
“We are also informing the public that the department has not authorised anybody to demand mobile money payment for either filing of annual returns or renewal of businesses.
“The Registrar General’s Department does not have a mobile money account number nor have they appointed any registration agents to visit offices and homes to enforce compliance,” the statement said.
“There is no cancellation unit at the department mandated to call clients to file returns and the legal and audit units at Registrar General’s Department have not been tasked to strike out any company/business names.”
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From Wednesday 15 July, the department will start implementing a coupon system for all services offered at the front office by serving only 200 clients daily.
The statement said the new system was to enable clients to receive prompt and improved services from the department and promote all the COVID-19 safety protocols of social distancing and avoid congestion.
It said officers would issue coupons to clients on a first-come-first-served basis throughout normal working hours.
“If for any reason one is not served on a particular day within the first 200 numbers, they can come over the next day with their ticket number to be served.”
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