Ghana gets a new Companies Act after fifty six (56) years since the Companies Act, 1963, Act 179 (now repealed) came into force on 1 July 1963. The Companies Act, 2019, Act 992 was given assent to by the President of the Republic of Ghana on 2 August 2019 and it comes into force on the date of the assent.

On 29 April 2019 the High Court of Ghana (Commercial Division) by Her Ladyship Mrs Angela Mensah Homiah J. handed down its judgment in respect of a tax appeal in the case of Fan Milk Limited vs Commissioner General, Ghana Revenue Authority (Suit No. CM/TAX/0004/18) Unreported

What are the principal governmental and regulatory policies that govern the banking sector? The government of Ghana is pursuing a policy that provides appropriate mechanisms to minimize financial system instability and deal with it.

A private company has its regulations restricting the right of shareholders to transfer shares and limits the maximum number of its shareholders and debenture holders to fifty.

The Parliament of Ghana passes the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017, Act 941 to exempt from tax any gains made by a person from the realization of securities listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Ghana passes the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017, Act 948 to amend the Value Added Tax Act, 2013 (Act 870). The primary focus of the amendment is to classify the supply of financial services, domestic transportation of passengers by air and supply of immovable property by a real estate developer as exempt supplies, to give legal backing to a VAT Flat Rate Scheme that will facilitate collection of VAT on the supply of goods in the distribution chain and to provide for related matters.