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SOLE PROPRIETOSHIP & REGISTRATION IN GHANA

apply online by attaching required
documents: The registration fees are:
· Filled registration form A · ¢50 for a business name
· Re-Registration form A · ¢25 for filling the D form
· Registration form D · ¢25 for annual renewal
· ¢10 for Certificated True
Here you can find all the needed Copy
forms. They consist of the
following requirements:
· Business name
· General nature of the sole
Ato Tandoh
Business & Entrepreneurial proprietorship business (e.g.,
Development Consultant manufacturing, service,
hree friends asked me c o m m e r c e , t r a n s p o r t ,
construction, and others)
about sole proprietorship
Tform of business within a · The principal activity of
space of three weeks so I told the business
them to wait for this edition of · Date of commencement of
the Noticeboard, where I will business
give them the lowdown on the · B u s i n e s s l o c a t i o n You can make payments via
subject. So Solomon and you information (city, region, NITA's Ghana Electronic
guys ........ I hope it serves you street, house/appartment) payment platform (GEPP) with
well. Let me know if you have · Sole proprietor personal multiple payment methods.
further questions. details (surname, first name, The RGD has incorporated two
middle name, date of birth, types of certified certificates for
A sole proprietorship is a form of gender, occupation, marital online business registration:
business where the business's status, etc.) · Digital Certificates:
ownership and management are · Residential addresses of available for 14 days and to be
in the control of the same person. the business person; this used electronically within 14
The proprietor is the sole owner includes where the proprietor days; they can be requested
of the idea and has full again after 14 days at a fee of
ownership rights of the business. Ghc10.00 per document if the
They are responsible for all the need be.
debts and profits incurred in the · Hardcopy Certificates:
business. also made available to portal
In Ghana, sole proprietorship users; the Certificates are
businesses are more common made available at the office
than any other form of business. depending on the region it was
If you have been thinking about completed in during the
starting a business as a sole online registration process.
proprietor, the following article
may help you with information Tax registration for sole
on how to do so. proprietors in Ghana
Yo u w o u l d n e e d a Ta x
How to register a sole lives; city, street, district, and Identification Number (TIN)
proprietorship other details.
A sole proprietorship business We are on
probably the easiest form of The business name's availability
business to set up. You should can be checked using a name FACEBOOK &
begin by choosing your business search function at the RGD , but the
name. Head into The Registrar final approval of the name lies to LINKEDLN
General Department (RGD) or the RGD. Continue on pg 6