The Ghana Revenue Authority has served notice to fuel stations operating outside Accra that they will not be left out of the enforcement exercise, if they fail to honour their tax obligations.

According to the GRA, its operations to recover all petroleum taxes and levies are not limited to Oil Marketing Companies in the Greater Accra alone.

Speaking to Joy Business, Head of the Debt Management and Enforcement Unit of GRA, Nathaniel Nii Okai Tetteh explained that the levies do not belong to the companies but the state, and must be returned accordingly.

The caution follows an action by the Debt Management and Enforcement Unit of the GRA to recover some millions of cedis of unpaid petroleum taxes and levies by some oil marketing firms in the country.

The exercise ended with the closure of some firms including, Grid Petroleum, Sawiz Petroleum and others.

Mr. Tetteh said some OMCs outside Accra are also owing the GRA and will soon be clamp down.

 “Some OMCs don’t have their stations in Accra but can be found in the other regions, so we will be going after them, but that won’t be needed should they settle their taxes before it gets to their turn. For now, we are dealing with those in Accra, but after we are done, it will be the turn of all OMCs outside Accra,” he stated.

Last week, the Debt Management and Enforcement Unit of the GRA cracked the whip on some OMCs in the capital for non-payment of petroleum taxes and levies by locking up their premises.

 The exercise by the GRA, is to recoup accumulated petroleum taxes running into millions of cedis from some OMCs since 2019.

“Where we are is a property of Grid Petroleum, but we have another team at the head office and we have a warrant from the Commissioner General to take over the premises and all other properties belonging to Grid Petroleum,” said Mr. Okai Tetteh

“Ours is to ensure that the accumulated debt since 2019 has been paid to the Ghana Revenue Authority, then we can open the stations for them to continue their work” he added.