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I opened a of shore bank account with GHA Commercial bank and my fiancee deposited €600,000.00 in to my account. When I tried to transfer the money to my commonwealth bank account in Australia I was told I need to get a tax clearance verification code the GHANA bank wants me to pay them $17,800.00 for the tax code before they will release the funds. I don't have that money. What can I do?
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can you clarify this a bit?
I presume that the bank in Ghana is the one telling you to pay $17,800 in order to release funds?? is this a "tax" like a withholding tax or a "fee" for the bank to act as your agent in this matter?? In either case it seems you arent getting your money until someone comes up with $17800.....
It would seem to me that there is a lot of money sitting in the Ghana bank account in question. Would it not be feasible for the bank to take what it needs to fulfill whatever withholding obligations are there and transfer the balance??? Have I missed something here????
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No u not missing anything. I tried to get the bank to take it out of the funds the bank said no that the amount had to be paid in cash . The bank is doing nothing for me not handling my account nothing that I would have to pay for. I was told the required amount is for tax something to do with it being such a large transfer and government fees