3.8 Tax Administration The GRA performed creditably. The improvement in performance were attributed to: • synergies arising from the strides made in the reform for integration and modernization such as joint tax audits; information sharing about taxpayers on liability to different taxes which is deterrent against taxpayers reporting different figures for different tax types; • clearance on permit, a facility which allows consignments to be removed from the port quickly and the documentation perfected later, and which became widely abused, was streamlined, resulting in about 80 percent drop in the use of the facility; • the introduction of the Ghana Integrated cargo Clearance System which helps to track the location of goods at the ports; • deployment and widening of the coverage of the Valuation Assurance Programme; • the establishment of the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) by the Customs Division. The RDF acts on intelligence reports and clamps down on smugglers; • streamlining of tax exemptions; • tax education and engagement with stakeholders across the country resulting in improved voluntary compliance. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun the decentralization of its operations. In addition to the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), offices have been opened in a number of locations – Kaneshie, Adabraka, Agbogbloshie, Ashaiman, Makola, Tema, Legon (all in the Greater Accra Region). OBJECTIVE 3: FIGHT CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING The purpose of the section is to focus on corruption in public procurement and the policies and measures put in place to address the menace of money laundering. Sixth Annual APRM Progress Report: January – December 2011 56