Under Ghana’s E-VAT system, each fiscal receipt must carry a unique electronic signature generated through real-time communication with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The process involves two steps: transmitting transaction data to receive a sequence number, then requesting and applying a signature key from the GRA to finalize the receipt.
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How the process of receipt signing works under current Ghana's fiscalization requirements
Ghana
Author: Tara Nedeljković
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