IRS Is Dying

The internal revenue service (IRS) is in very deep crises, says the Daily Guide.

Insiders say that the service is plagued by the lack of resources to carry out its task, very low remuneration for staff and a tainted image.

A weeklong investigation carried out by the “Weekly Insight” revealed that most of the district offices of the service do not have transport for the performance of official duties.

Even the district offices, which have been assigned vehicles, they are entitled to only two gallons of petrol a day.

Imprest for District Offices are sometimes delayed for two months or more.

In many district offices, three or four people share one calculator. Important documents are still kept in paper files tired together by ropes or rubber bands.

IRS offices have still not been computerised and documents can very easily get lost.

A source close to the headquarters of the service told the “Weekly Insight” that staff welfare has been completely ignored over the years.

Most of the workers go to and from work on public transport which is most unreliable.

When senior staff of the service complained to the Minister for Finance about their conditions of work at a recent meeting in Accra, the Minister’s response was that “you should be creative”.