ASSESSING THE CHALLENGES OF TAX REVENEUE MOBILISATION IN GHANA: A CASE OF SUNYANI MUNICIPALITY.

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EGYIN, KODWO BOAKYE (PG 2043808)

A Thesis submitted to the Institute Of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

COMMONWEALTH EXECUTIVE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

JUNE, 2011

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DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work towards the CEMBA and that, to the best of my knowledge, it contains no material previously published by another person nor material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree of the University, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text.

Kodwo Boakye Egyin Student Name

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Certified by: Mr. Jones Lewis Arthur Supervisor ................................... Signature .............................. Date

Certified by: Professor Isaac Dontwi Dean ................................... Signature .............................. Date

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DEDICATION I dedicate this work first to the Almighty God who has brought me this far, to my father, Kwamina Akwaa Egyin, who mentored me through my education, my loving wife, Yvonne, my sweet kids, Papa Akwaa, Araba and Kurankwesi who stayed by my side all along.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am most grateful to the Almighty God for His protection throughout the course and seeing to a successful end. My special thanks goes to Mr. Jones Lewis Arthur, Executive Director of Brong Ahafo Research and Extension Centre (BAREC), for sacrificing his time and effort to supervise this work. My deepest appreciation goes to all those people who I came in contact with during the administration of the questionnaire. I promised to make it confidential for which reason I cannot mention your names, but I am most