Tax & Compliance

SikaBooks includes Ghana-focused tax workflows for VAT, NHIL, GETFund, and WHT.

Where to find it: Sidebar > Tax & Compliance

13.1 Tax Rates and Groups

Use Ghana Tax > VAT & Levies to manage:

• Tax Rates
• Tax Groups
• Recent filing periods inside the VAT & Levies workspace

The VAT & Levies workspace also highlights overdue filings, upcoming deadlines, inactive rates, compound rates, and the combined percentage carried by a tax group.

13.2 Tax Filing Periods

Use Ghana Tax > Tax Filing Periods to create and manage filing periods, track due dates, and move each period through its filing lifecycle. The live filing statuses are Open, Filed, and Paid.

13.3 Ghana VAT Returns

Use Ghana Tax > VAT Returns to generate monthly VAT returns from invoices and bills. The return page can also mark returns filed, record payment, and export both detailed and summary return outputs.

13.4 Flat Rate Scheme

If your business uses Ghana's flat-rate VAT approach, set the tax scheme to Flat Rate in Accounting Settings > Tax & Compliance. The VAT return calculation will follow that configured scheme.

13.5 Withholding Tax (WHT) Certificates

Use Ghana Tax > WHT Certificates to create certificates for qualifying vendor payments and download the PDF certificate.

13.6 Withholding Tax (WHT) Remittances

Use Ghana Tax > WHT Remittances to create remittance records, review remittance details by period, and reverse an incorrect remittance when needed. The Compliance dashboard also surfaces outstanding WHT amounts and remittance counts.

13.7 Customer WHT Credits

Use Reports > Customer WHT Credits to review income tax withheld by customers from invoice settlements.

The report shows:

• taxable base by receipt
• withheld tax credits
• pending vs certified receipts
• summary totals by customer and WHT type

13.8 Customer WHT Certificates

Use Tax & Compliance > Ghana Tax > Customer WHT Certificates to record certificates you receive from customers after they withhold tax.

One certificate can cover multiple receipts, but all linked receipts must share the same WHT category. Saving a certificate marks the linked receipts as Certificate Received.